Name: Cocoa Absolute Oil - Hexane Free
SKU: COCOA

Description

Cocoa Absolute Oil comes from the cocoa tree, the same tropical tree from which we get cocoa butter and cocoa powder, key ingredients in chocolate. Unlike cocoa butter and cocoa powder, Cocoa Absolute Oil is extracted from the raw, unroasted bean.

It is extracted through a benign solvent extraction that does not contain any harmful hexanes. Because of its intense chocolatey aroma, cocoa absolute is often added to bath and body products.

It is also used in aromatherapy for its own therapeutic effects, as well as for its ability to enhance other essential oils.

Properties: Antidepressant, Antioxidant, Aphrodisiac

Perfumery Note: Middle

Aroma: Chocolatey, Sweet, Warm, Exotic

Blends with: Vanilla, Cinnamon, Peppermint, Rose, Orange, Dark Patchouli

Benefits

Reduces stress and anxiety... The familiar and pleasant smell of chocolate acts on the hippocampus, the emotional center of the brain, and reduces stress while giving rise to feelings of relaxation and euphoria.

Reduces cravings... The intense chocolatey aroma of the cocoa absolute can trick the brain's satiety centers into feeling that you have eaten something sweet and satisfying. The result is a decrease in appetite and a disappearance of sugar cravings.

Aphrodisiac... Chocolate is a well-known and powerful aphrodisiac, and much of that desire-building effect comes from the aroma that's contained in the cocoa absolute.

Recipes

Aphrodisiac bath

1 tablespoon Argan Oil

8 drops Vanilla Essential Oil

8 drops Cacao Absolute Oil

4 drops Rose Otto Essential Oil

Mix the essential oils with the argan oil in order to allow the blend to disperse evenly in the bath water.

Mood-enhancing diffusion

Peppermint Essential Oil

Orange Essential Oil

Cacao Absolute Oil

Use equal parts of each essential oil in your diffuser.