Amyris EO

From Eden Botanical (oil available there too)

Amyris essential oil has a very tenacious, rich, complex odor that quickly fades out to a subdued woody-balsamic aroma; it is valued as a well-known fixative, especially in soaps,¹ and finds extensive application as a mild blender in numerous types of perfumes. Surprisingly, this tree is a member of the citrus (Rutaceae) family, but bears no fruit. However, it is of great value to locals who use it for firewood and, since the hard-grained, dense wood is heavy with aromatic resins, branches serve as excellent, bright-burning torches. The sedate density and resin-rich nature of Amyris tend to bring a sweet balsamic calm to those who envelop themselves with this oil.

Amyris is distilled from a small bushy tropical evergreen tree Amyris balsamifera indigenous to Haiti, growing wild in the Bahoruco Forest of the Dominican Republic, and cultivated throughout all tropical zones of the world^3. Healthy forest maintenance is achieved by collecting only dead and dry wood that happens to be the best for distillation in terms of essential oil quality and yields. Distilling on-site for over 40 years, our supplier has been an exemplary steward of sustainable Amyris forests, ensuring they are well cared for by keeping future generations in mind

Although often referred to as West Indian Sandalwood, due to its similar aroma, Amyris is not related botanically to, and therefore is not a substitute for Sandalwood in aromatherapy, nor does it provide the same depth and character scent-wise as true Sandalwood. Because Amyris essential oil offers a sweet-woody, balsamic aroma, it is a practical, less expensive alternative to Sandalwood essential oil, and provides good fixative value; it can also be mixed 1:1 with Sandalwood as a cost-effective measure.

"Evaluation of antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant potential of essential oil from *Amyris balsamifera* against multi drug resistant clinical isolates,"
Elemol and amyris oil repel the ticks *Ixodes scapularis* and *Amblyomma americanum* (Acari: Ixodidae) in laboratory bioassays,"
"Amyris and Siam-wood Essential Oils: Insect Activity of Sesquiterpenes,",
Comparative study on the antimicrobial activities of different sandalwood essential oils of various origin - eight samples of different sandalwoods [Amyris balsamifera L., Santalum album L. and Santalum spicatum (R.Br.) A.DC.] and a mixture of α‐ and β‐santalols, as well as eugenol as reference compound, were tested by an agar dilution and agar diffusion method for their antimicrobial activities against the yeast Candida albicans, the Gram‐positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus and the Gram‐negative bacteria Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae. The A. balsamifera sample, containing only a small quantity of α‐santalol and nearly no β‐santalol, showed high effects only against Klebsiella pneumonia.