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Wildcrafted Elderflower CO2 Total Extract | Sambucus Nigra
Wildcrafted Elderflower CO2 Total Extract | Sambucus Nigra
Rare Floral CO₂ Extract for Skincare, Haircare, Natural Perfumery & Botanical Formulations
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Wildcrafted Elderflower CO₂ Total Extract is a rare aromatic botanical extract obtained from the delicate flowers of Sambucus nigra. Elderflower is traditionally valued for its soft floral character, gentle botanical profile, and association with seasonal beauty, radiance, and herbal care.
This CO₂ total extract captures a fuller spectrum of elderflower’s aromatic and lipophilic botanical components than a simple infusion, offering a soft, sweet, floral, green, honeyed, and lightly herbaceous profile. Its delicate aroma makes it especially useful in luxury skincare, facial oils, haircare, botanical balms, natural perfumes, floral accords, ritual oils, and elegant cosmetic formulations.
The extract brings a refined floral nuance and a graceful botanical story to formulations inspired by softness, renewal, radiance, and gentle beauty.
Important Aroma Note
This is not an essential oil. It is a concentrated CO₂ total extract from elderflowers. Its aroma is softer, deeper, and more botanical than a distilled essential oil, with natural variation between harvests.
CO₂ total extracts may be thick, cloudy, waxy, or semi-solid at cooler temperatures. This is normal and does not indicate poor quality.
Botanical Name: Sambucus nigra.
Family Name: Adoxaceae.
Common Name: Elderflower, Black elder, Elderberry, European Elder.
INCI: Sambucus Nigra Flower Total Extract.
Extraction Method: Supercritical CO2 Total Extraction.
Parts Used: Flowers.
Note: Middle note.
Odor: Soft floral, sweet, honeyed, green, lightly herbaceous, delicate, fresh, slightly fruity, and subtly tea-like.
Appearance: Viscous. Dark Green.
Country of Origin: Bulgaria.
Suggested Usage Level
- For facial oils: 0.1–2%
- For body oils: 0.2–5%
- For hair oils: 0.2–3%
- For balms and salves: 0.2–3%
- For solid perfumes: 0.5–5%
- For natural perfumery: 0.1–10%
- For creams and emulsions: 0.1–2%
Use at low levels first, as CO₂ total extracts are concentrated and may strongly influence aroma, texture, and color.
Suggested Applications:
- Luxury facial oils.
- Botanical balms.
- Solid perfumes.
- Natural perfumery accords.
- Body oils.
- Creams and emulsions.
- Sensitive-skin-inspired formulas.
- Hair and scalp oils.
- After-sun botanical blends.
- Floral aromatherapy products.
Traditional & Spiritual Uses
Elderflower has a long history in European herbal traditions and folklore, where the elder tree has often been associated with protection, renewal, feminine wisdom, seasonal transitions, blessing, and gentle beauty.
In aromatic and ritual formulations, Elderflower CO₂ Total Extract may be used symbolically for softness, emotional renewal, grace, radiance, and sacred botanical care.
Safety
Always patch test before topical use.
- For external use only.
- Use in dilutions no greater than 2% in leave-on skin care.
- Use Amber, Cobalt or Miron violet glass bottles to protect from light degradation.
- Avoid ingestion unless under expert supervision.
- Pregnancy, young children, or sensitive skin users should consult a qualified practitioner.
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