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 Process
The 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 board

Flower morphology
Main composition
Extraction ratio (w/w)
10%
Solvents
Steam water
Chemical compounds
Water-soluble volatile parts of the Gardenia tahitensis ( essential oil…) Dihydroconiferil acetate, benzoates,/ 2-phenylethyl salicylate…
Botanical informations
Name
Gardenia tahitensis
Family
Rubiaceae
Part of the plant used
Dried Flower
Morphological type
Small Shrub
Geographical area
French Polynesia (South Pacific)
Common name
Tiare, Siale, Tahitian gardenia, Mahoi…

Physical characteristics
Appearance, 25°C
Liquid
Odour
Powerful, balsamic and lightly jasmined
Colour
Colourless
Specific gravity, 20°C
0,98 – 1,02 kg/l
Solubility in water
Miscible
Solubility in oil
Immiscible
Solubility in ethanol
Miscible
Chemical characteristics
pH
4 – 6
Preservative
Potassium sorbate 0.3%
Bacteriological characteristics
Aerobic bacteria
<100 cfu/g
Yeasts – Moulds
<10 cfu/g
Volatile fraction study
Study of the hexanic concrete volatile composition of G.tahitensis , has been done by combination of fractionment methods (distillation, CG, CLB, CCM), spectroscopic analysis (GC/MS, GC/IRFT, RMN) and from syntheses which permited to identify more than 200 compounds.
Usage information
Skincare products
10 to 60%
Lotions & Tonics
40 to 85%
Floral Water
Pur or associated to different Floral waters
The Tiare, used in the traditional Polynesian pharmacopeia, is free from all toxicity when used within the advised cosmetics limits.
