Hydro-distillate - Tiare Floral Water (Gardenia tahitensis)
| Hydro-distillates Tiare Floral Water Gardenia tahitensis |
The Tiare Tahiti, the vahine’s beauty secret |
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The Tiare or Candolle flower, with its smooth perfume and its gorgeous white petals, represents the emblem of Tahiti. It develops itself according to a vegetal specific cycle to French Polynesia. Its jasmined fragrance reminds of exoticism, whereas its sweetness releases smoothness and delicacy… More than a decoration plant, several curative virtues are attributed to it according to local pharmacopoeia, from the treatment of headaches (in soaking), to the treatment of the inflammations (in infusion)… Resulting of this extraction process, the very refreshing floral water, carries the Tiare’s vertues and can widely be used in cosmetic area. |
Manufacturing ProcessThe tiare flowers, picked up at a nearly mature status, are first sun dried before being distilled with steam water under atmospheric pressure without additive or chemical treatement. The floral water obtained will be purified by a sterilizating filtration and stabilized by the addition of a preservative. Botanical InformationNameGardenia tahitensis FamilyRubiaceae Part of the plant usedDried Flower Morphological typeSmall Shrub Geographical areaFrench Polynesia (South Pacific) Common nameTiare, Siale, Tahitian gardenia, Mahoi… | ![]() | |||||||||
Physical | Chemical | Volatile | ||||||||
![]() Main CompositionExtraction ratio (w/w)10% SolventsSteam water Chemical compoundsWater-soluble volatile parts of the Gardenia tahitensis ( essential oil…) | ||||||||||
Chart of Compounds % | ||||||||||
Legend: A • Acid - 0.1% B • Derived Nitrogenized - 0.4% C • Aldehydes & Ketones - 0.2% D • Alcohols & Phenols (Linalol, OH 2-phenylethylique) - 5.5% E • Oxides & Ethers cyclics(2.3-Epoxysqualene, Linalol Oxide) - 15.5% F • Aliphatic Hydrocarbon(Heptacosane, Pentacosane, Nonacosane) - 20.8% G • Esters & Lactons( Dihydroconiferil Acetate, Benzoates / 2-phenylethyl Salicylates) - 25.8% | ||||||||||
Usage InformationSkincare Products4 – 6 Lotions & TonicsPotassium sorbate 0.3% Floral WaterPure or associated to different Floral waters | Properties
Cosmetic Uses
| Packaging5 / 25 kg : jerrycan PE-HD StorageStore in a cool dry place in unopened containers away from sunlight. |
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Hydro-distillates |
Tiare Floral Water Gardenia tahitensis |
The Tiare Tahiti, the vahine’s beauty secret |
Information |
The Tiare or Candolle flower, with its smooth perfume and its gorgeous white petals, represents the emblem of Tahiti. It develops itself according to a vegetal specific cycle to French Polynesia. Its jasmined fragrance reminds of exoticism, whereas its sweetness releases smoothness and delicacy… More than a decoration plant, several curative virtues are attributed to it according to local pharmacopoeia, from the treatment of headaches (in soaking), to the treatment of the inflammations (in infusion)… Resulting of this extraction process, the very refreshing floral water, carries the Tiare’s vertues and can widely be used in cosmetic area. |
Manufacturing ProcessThe tiare flowers, picked up at a nearly mature status, are first sun dried before being distilled with steam water under atmospheric pressure without additive or chemical treatement. The floral water obtained will be purified by a sterilizating filtration and stabilized by the addition of a preservative. Botanical InformationNameGardenia tahitensis FamilyRubiaceae Part of the plant usedDried Flower Morphological typeSmall Shrub Geographical areaFrench Polynesia (South Pacific) Common nameTiare, Siale, Tahitian gardenia, Mahoi… ![]() Physical | ||||||||||
Chart of Compounds % | ||||||||||
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Usage InformationSkincare Products4 – 6 Lotions & TonicsPotassium sorbate 0.3% Floral WaterPure or associated to different Floral waters Properties
Cosmetic Uses
Packaging5 / 25 kg : jerrycan PE-HD StorageStore in a cool dry place in unopened containers away from sunlight. |