Provence Lavender Flowers - Lavandin - 0.5 lb - One half pound per purchase, 8 - 10 cups of lavender buds!

Lavandin is the name for a variety of lavender that comes from a cross of English and spike lavender. Commonly grown in France, it dates from the 1820"s. Today France grows lavandin in large amounts- 28000 acres yielding 936 to 1102 tons. Most of this oil is used to scent detergents and soaps. A perfumist would describe lavandin in general as fruity, fatty, sharp, explosive, eucalyptu.s fresh, sweet, aromatic, and possessing a warm wood smell.

Here in the U. S. "Grosso" has become the favored aroma for soaps, room fresheners, candles, and culinary use. It has a harsh, terpenic note and is more pungent than another popular lavandin known as "Provence".