Latin Name: Jasminum Officinale.de Flower Used: FlowerSource: India.Extraction Method: Steam Distillation.Jasmine is a delicate, evergreen vine native to China and India with small star-shaped white flowers , which are picked at night, when their flavor is most potent. This wholesale jasmine essential oil has a sweet, exotic, and richly floral scent. It is expensive, as it is more elaborately distilled than most oils, and is used for deep relaxation, lifting depression and increasing self-confidence. This oil is said to soothe the nerves and produce a sense of confidence and optimism, while restoring energy. It reduces the duration of childbirth by strengthening contractions and reducing pain. It is said to relieve impotence, frigidity and premature ejaculation with its soothing and calming properties. It helps against coughs and laryngitis and is also useful in a massage oil to relieve muscle aches, sprains and stiff limbs. Jasmine oil tones dry, oily or sensitive skin, increases elasticity and is said to reduce stretch marks and scars. Jasmine has been considered a sacred flower in India for hundreds of years and until today it is made into garlands for Hindu gods and goddesses. Jasmine is commonly worn in the hair by Indian women and is also one of the main flowers in wedding garlands. According to a myth, the sun god, Surya, rejected the love of a princess who was so heartbroken that she killed herself. From its ashes scattered on the ground grew a jasmine. The god of the sun having caused him so much pain, the jasmine flower only blossoms and releases its fragrance at night.