Melissa essential oil

[Roberta]

Can anyone help me out please. I need to catagorise Melissa and all the info I have read says it can be eith top or middle note. Only one source will go for one which is middle but from what I have read I am leaning towards top.

Can I have some other opinions?

 

[you are my muse...]

Hi again

Both of my books suggest Melissa as being a middle note (Wanda Sellar and Julia Lawless). It really depends on its volatility and I suppose one could argue this could be variable depending on the source of your supplier and the growing conditions etc.

Hope this makes sense.

Vivien

 

[Levi]

Hi Vivien

Can I ask which Wanda Stella book you have?

Thanks
Izzig

 

[hrpyase]

I have it categorised also as a middle note

emma.x.

 

[refinej721]

Hi izzig

Although I too have found books that say melissa is a middle note, I would suggest that melissa is a top note as its main chemical constituent is citral a Monoterpenoid aldehyde which from a chemical point of view together with esters suggests a top note. The oil its self is sharp, penetrating and volatile which again are common characterstics of a top note. In the plant top notes are found in flowers, leaves and fruits. Melissa in my opinion wouldn't be suitable to use as a body of a blend as in a middle note as they are usually warm, round, soft and mellow (not like melissa) also middle notes usually form the bulk of a blend between 40-80% (not sure I would like to add this much melissa to any blend).

Hope this helps and doesn't confuse you more

Love and light

 

[Shinobi]

Hi izzig

I would agree with you on this as it contains a high proportion (90%) of Monoterpenes and again these suggest a top note

All the best in your chemistry it's not as bad as everyone imagines and its so useful later on.

Love and light

 

[Aubrae]

why is melissa so expensive?

em.x.