Fava tonka — Nardea

Plant description

Obtained for extraction from the fava (seed dried and fermentato) of Dipteryx odorata (Aubl.) Willd. (tonka, cumaru), large tree leguminous of the Fabacee native of the Amazzonia (Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Brazil northern), where the seeds caduti are raccolti and fermentati in the radure of the forests pluvial. The fave tonka contain cumarina (1-3%) in concentrations among the more high in natura — responsible of the characteristic fragrance of fieno appena tagliato, of almond, of vanilla and of tabacco. The cumarina era vietata in the aliment from the FDA americana in the years '50 for the tossicita hepatic to the ratti, but the divieto and state rivisto: the soglie attual EFSA are 0.1 mg/kg/day. In perfumery the fava tonka and a fixative high-quality in the perfumes oriental, maschili and gourmand: Guerlain Jicky, Habanita, Dior Fahrenheit. L'essential oil and dominated from cumarina, alcohol benzilic and benzaldeide. In aromatherapy and used with caution as anxiolytic and sedative mite, aphrodisiac discreto and aromatizing. Base note warm, vanigliato-mandorlata, fienous and persistent.

Origin

South America

Part used

Fave

Extraction method

Solvent extraction (absolute)

Main uses

L'essential oil of tonka si impiega largaly for the production of perfumes, in the industry cosmetic and for aromatizzare the tabacco.
Is used for the care of the disorders of the respiratory tract and for dissolve the phlegm.
IS useful for alleviare the disorders tipici of the premenstrual syndrome.
IS aphrodisiac, euforizing and energizing.

Recipes & blends

Fissativo gourmand for fragrance

4 drops Tonka + 3 drops Vanilla + 3 drops Sandalwood as base. The terzina classic 'gourmand oriental' — add note fruttate, speziate or floreal to piacere.

Blend evening rassicurant

3 drops Tonka + 3 drops Lavender + 2 drops Ylang ylang in the diffuser. L'aroma of caramello-vanilla of the tonka has a effect psicologicaly rassicurant and calming.

Cream body scented gourmand

3 drops Tonka + 2 drops Vanilla + 2 drops Orange sweet in 50 ml of butter of karite. A cream body golosa with a fragrance warm, sweet and enveloping.

Blend winter confortant

3 drops Tonka + 3 drops Cinnamon leaf + 2 drops Orange sweet in the diffuser. Fragrance winter warm and accoglient — evocat the spezie natalizi and the calore of the camino.

Armonizzante emotional depression SAD

3 drops Tonka + 3 drops Bergamot + 2 drops Frankincense in the diffuser. The tonka, with the its dolcezza warm, supports the emozioni of melancholy and isolamento winter.

Harmonization

Blends well with:

Lavanda Bergamotto Sandalo Rosmarino Limone Gelsomino Rosa damascena Vaniglia

Contraindications

L'essential oil is toxic orally and skin to cause of the elevato content of cumarina. Do not use during pregnancy and during the periodo of the breastfeeding.