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Product Details Galbanum Essential Oil: Uses, Benefits, and Blends Scientific Name: Ferula Galbaniflua Origin: France Plant Part: Resin Scent: Green, herbal, sweet Color: Green Consistency: Thick and sticky Perfumery Note: Middle to base. Has fixative qualities Initial Aroma Strength: Middle to soft Extraction Method: Steam distillation Suitable Blending Oils:  Galbanum Essential Oil blends well with oils such as Elemi,  Rose, Jasmine, Lavender, Bergamot, Violet and Geranium, bringing a feeling of leafy outdoor business to a blend. Breaking Down the Galbanum Essential Oil’s Chemical Components Chemical Constituents: Monoterpenes (65-85%), a-pinene (45-50%), Camphene, Limonene, Myrcene, Carvone, Sesquiterpenols, Esters, Coumarins. Historical Uses of Galbanum Essential Oil Amongst classic choices like lavender, geranium, and myrrh, Galbanum Essential Oil is often somewhat overlooked. Despite that, it is wonderfully healing to the skin and respiratory systems and is a profound emotional and spiritual healer. It has a romantic and important history. Yet its exotic name makes it tantalizingly difficult to place where it could have originated from. Many sources suggest Hebrew, and as we unravel its past you too may come to agree that’s likely. This is not what you would call one of those oils it's imperative to have in your box, like lavender or geranium Essential Oils for example. Instead, galbanum Essential Oil lends ”finesse" to preparations,  elevating them somehow. Galbanum Essential Oil is one of those oils that move your practice up out of the novice space to skilled amateur. Where Does Galbanum Essential Oil come from? Galbanum Essential Oil is steam distilled from a resin of the  Ferula Galbaniflua plant. It is an umbelliferous plant, native to Northern India,  Afghanistan, and Iran.  It bears the family resemblance to Angelica (or perhaps more so, fennel) being tall, reedlike with tiny, pretty flowers and long shiny leaflets. The Ferula genus is the third largest family of umbellifera, with around 180 different members. Ferula asafoetida - commonly known as the herb asafoetida - is a close cousin. Ferula Galbaniflua produces the product we know as galbanum. The secretes two types of resin, Levant or Soft Galbanum, and Persian or Hard Galbanum. Galbanum Essential Oil is steam-distilled from the soft galbanum resin. The species is also known by the synonym Ferula Gummosa . The plant makes the resin to respond to injury. Essentially, it's the plant’s scab with a bit of antiseptic thrown in. The galbanum plant oozes milky sap to heal itself and to deter pathogens or insects from making it even more vulnerable.  So, to cultivate it, a sharp cut is made to the base of the plant, near the root. Resin is released and then quickly air dries. Hard galbanum is brittle. Soft galbanum is viscous tears that ooze, It’s usually the palest yellow right through to deep gold and usually with a greenish tinge, which softens in the warmth of your hand. The most v