Geranium essential oil is highly concentrated in citronellol and geraniol in particular. These different molecules give it the following main properties:
It is possible to export geranium essential oil from Madagascar. Aromeya is a geranium essential oil wholesaler for sale all over the world. From the Greek «geranos» (crane), geranium takes its name by the shape of its seeds that resemble the beak of the bird. If today geranium decorates gardens, balconies and terraces, the Celts once offered them as an offering to their gods. The crane was a symbol of wisdom because during the flight, the bird seemed to draw alphabets in the sky to convey messages from the divine. This plant grows in the Central Highlands of Madagascar. The type of geranium used in essential oil is the pelargonium X Asperum cv Bourbon.