Ylang Ylang, 2nd Essential Oil (Indonesian)

Essential Oil | Cananga odorata Ylang Ylang Essential Oil is produced through fractional distillation, with the oil collected in successive cuts as distillation progresses. The 2nd grade is the third fraction collected, sitting deeper in the distillation sequence than the Extra and 1st grades. Where the Extra captures the lightest, most delicate and volatile notes, the 2nd has moved past those into a richer, more resinous register: less sweet on the opening, with more depth, more warmth, and a slightly medicinal quality that makes it useful where you want ylang ylang’s body without its most piercing top note. For reference across the grade range: Extra is the lightest and sweetest. 1st is slightly deeper but still very sweet. 2nd is deeper still, less sweet, and more rounded. 3rd is the heaviest, approaching base note territory. Complete is the full distillation combined.