Organic ravintsara essential oil 10 ml — Madagascar

Description

The ravintsara essential oil named Best Organic Product 2019

One bottle. 10 ml. 280 drops. And behind it, an entire direct supply chain in Madagascar: our trees on the Highlands of Fianarantsoa, our hand harvest, our distillation, our bottling. No middleman, no broker, no multi-brand reseller. From the grower to your bottle.

BETSARA ravintsara at a glance

• Latin name: Cinnamomum camphora CT 1,8-cineole
• Origin: Malagasy Highlands, Fianarantsoa region (Sahambavy)
• Part distilled: fresh leaf
• Chemotype: 1,8-cineole, 54 to 60% depending on the batch
• Current batch: HEBEDDCA1D9 (very late rainy season) — full chromatography below
• Certification: certified organic FR-BIO-15 (Alpes Contrôles)
• Awards: our ravintsara essential oil was named Best Organic Product 2019. BETSARA was awarded again in 2022 (ravintsara leaves) and 2023 (herbal tea in teabags) — three awards, and a place in the all-time top 10 of the Circuit Bio rankings
• Contents: 10 ml = about 280 drops

Why our ravintsara is different

An exceptional terroir

Cinnamomum camphora grows all over the world — Asia, Australia, Madagascar. But only the Malagasy terroir, on the Highlands at 1,200 metres, gives this unique chemotype: little or no camphor, more than 50% 1,8-cineole. Our plantation is in Sahambavy, and that soil is what makes the chemical difference in the ravintsara you buy from us.

Harvested by hand, no machines

Every leaf is picked by hand, one by one, by our team on site. No mechanisation. No electric shears. No wood fragments mixed in with the leaves. It is slower, it costs more, and it is why every BETSARA bottle carries the human work of the whole Malagasy supply chain.

A single-plant specialist, not a generalist

BETSARA does not make fifty different essential oils. We work with ravintsara only — in every form: essential oil, hydrolat, herbal teas, balm, elixir, capsules. This focus earned our essential oil the Best Organic Product 2019 award, followed by two further awards for the range in 2022 and 2023 — three awards in total and a place in the all-time top 10 of the Circuit Bio rankings.

Which size is right for you

Same batch, same chromatography, same amber bottle. Only the price per millilitre changes. In France, the 30 ml reaches the threshold for free relay-point delivery.

How to use this 10 ml bottle

Ravintsara is one of the best-tolerated essential oils in the plant world. For standard adult use, this 280-drop bottle covers around 20 to 30 short winter routines of 5 days each.

Main methods:

• On the skin: 2 to 3 drops, undiluted, on the chest, back or wrists, 3 to 4 times a day, for 5 days
• Diffusion: 5 to 8 drops in the diffuser, 15 to 20 minutes, morning and evening
• Dry inhalation: 1 to 2 drops on a handkerchief

For the full details (doses for children, blends, precautions, oral use, common mistakes), see our complete ravintsara user guide (in French).

Composition and chromatography by batch

At BETSARA, every batch is analysed by gas chromatography before bottling. That is our commitment to transparency. Here are the compositions of the recent batches available:

• Batch HEBEDDCA1D9 (current batch — very late rainy season, explained on video):
  • 1,8-cineole: 54.01%
  • Monoterpenes (α-pinene, β-pinene, sabinene): 20.94%
  • Monoterpenols (terpinen-4-ol, α-terpineol): 9.68%
• Batch HEBEDOCTANO (good rainy season):
  • 1,8-cineole: 57.79%
  • Monoterpenes: 19.17%
  • Monoterpenols: 10.98%
• Batch HEBEDDEC19:
  • 1,8-cineole: 57.49%
  • Monoterpenes: 23.17%
  • Monoterpenols: 7.98%
• Batch HEANADEC19:
  • 1,8-cineole: 55.54%
  • Monoterpenes: 22.60%
  • Monoterpenols: 10.48%

The full chromatography reports (GC-MS) are published batch by batch on our Transparency & Quality page (in French).

A genuine direct supply chain in Madagascar

Our products are harvested and processed in Sahambavy, in partnership with the company GARCILASIO. This lets us control every step of the chain on site: pruning the trees, selecting the leaves, carrying them to the still, distillation, analysis, bottling.

BETSARA was born from a childhood friendship between Tahina and Tristan. Tahina, our French-Malagasy partner, went back to live in Madagascar to create the plantation; together, they founded BETSARA. Today Tristan and Tahina run the brand: a short supply chain, decisions taken together. No holding company, no investment fund, no broker in between. We have been certified organic since 2016, and we publish the composition of every batch.

Want to see behind the scenes? Read our article From leaf to bottle: the BETSARA direct supply chain in Madagascar (in French).

Precautions for use

• For adults and children over 6 only; for children, diluted and under adult supervision
• Not recommended during the first trimester of pregnancy, for children under 6 or for people with epilepsy
• Skin test in the crook of the elbow recommended before first use
• Keep the bottle closed, away from light and heat
• Keep out of reach of children

Still unsure?

Read our comparison Ravintsara vs ravensara: a 30-year-old confusion or our guide to 7 criteria for recognising quality ravintsara (both in French). Ravintsara and ravensara are two different plants — and the difference matters.