At 3:30 a.m., before dark, Henah of Egypt was already on the farm, hurrying before the sun rose, picking the delicate but careful jasmine flowers, which was the best time to keep the precious aromatic compounds in the petals.
Heading north, in the foothills of the Balkan Mountains in Bulgaria, Jessrin, like Henna, is in the pure, unpolluted rose valley, climbing the budding Damascus rose in the morning dew, so that the essential oil ingredients in the buds are preserved intact.
Professional testing ensures safety, purity and efficacy
In order to preserve the plant's activity of these delicate, fragile petals, the flowers are distilled in situ after harvesting, extracted immediately, and then shipped to Doterra, the world's largest essential oil company in Utah, USA. When batches of essential oils arrive, they must then be professionally and rigorously inspected one by one, through dozens of tests in internal laboratories and third-party laboratories to ensure that there are no additives, artificial ingredients, harmful pollutants and accidental variations, so that each bottle of essential oil delivered to consumers is the safest, pure and effectiveest.
Jasmine language: eternal and unchanging, beautiful and eternal
Can you imagine? A 5 ml bottle of jasmine essential oil must be extracted from 20,000 jasmine flowers (about 3.6 kg). Known as the "king of flowers", jasmine has more than 100 kinds of aromatic compounds, and its elegant and gentle aroma with a rich and delicate level is the ultimate benchmark pursued by the perfume industry for thousands of years, but in addition to 100% pure jasmine essential oil, there is no perfume that can compare with the real jasmine fragrance.
The preciousness of jasmine essential oil lies not only in its pure moonlight-like aroma, but also in its powerful maintenance and health benefits:
Beauty: Promotes healthy, bright skin texture, evenly brightens, firms skin, improves elasticity, and can also be used to moisturize and maintain skin, scalp and hair.
Health: Jasmine fragrance makes people calm and focused, the main ingredient in benzyl benzoate is a very precious and unique aromatic compound, for health has a wonderful benefit.
Good mood: can evoke an atmosphere of pleasure, tranquility and self-affirmation, bringing family happiness and harmonious relationship between husband and wife. Massaging the abdomen with jasmine essential oil during childbirth or during menstruation has a deeply relaxing effect.
Rose Language: Passionate charm, beautiful rebirth
Damascus rose from Bulgaria is "after the flowers", and the rose essential oil extracted from it also has the reputation of "after the essential oil". Rose essential oil comes from a harvest period of only 20 to 40 days a year and must be extracted within 24 hours of plucking gold, while 10,000 roses can only extract about 5 ml of essential oil.
Listed alongside jasmine essential oil as the treasure of essential oils, rose essential oil is one of the most complex essential oils, with more than 300 known ingredients, according to hundreds of research materials from the National Library of the United States, the health benefits of rose include:
Beauty: Balances skin moisture, reduces blemishes and promotes healthy skin and hair texture.
Health: The three main components of rose are neroliol, geraniol and citronellol. Nemonellol helps improve defenses; geraniol has also been found in experimental studies published in Egypt and Italy to support health and is ideal for abdominal massage; citronellol has been studied to be beneficial for skin and hair health, and rose essential oil from Dotry contains up to 55% citronellol.
Good mood: Roses can boost mood, help reduce melancholy feelings, and the beautiful aroma emitted by it also helps to repair and soothe discomfort.
Working with smallholder farmers to break down the hereditary lineage of poverty
Do you know? When you sniff deeply and immerse yourself in the happiness that comes with the fragrance of essential oils, you are not only cheering yourself on, but also supporting many hard workers on farms and distilleries.
Whether in Egypt or Bulgaria, countless women like Heine and Jesseline have the support of Dotry behind their hard work. In order to ensure the best quality of essential oils from the source, Dottry does not pass on through layers of middlemen, and 98% of essential oils are directly signed with 48 countries around the world with smallholder farmers and distilleries that grow essential oil crops. Not only is it endowed with reasonable profits, a safe working environment and professional training, but also through the Doterra Healing Hand Foundation, schools, hospitals and equipment are set up in donations to communities where they originate, giving farmers the ability to rely on themselves and break the hereditary inheritance of poverty, hoping to change the world with "one drop at a time, one person, one family, one community".