Organic ravintsara essential oil 30 ml — Madagascar

Description

The size for people who use ravintsara regularly

30 ml. About 840 drops. Enough for a whole winter — and beyond. Our organic ravintsara essential oil in a larger bottle, for convinced users who have made ravintsara part of their daily routine: seasonal routines, regular diffusion at home, application on the skin during the cold months.

The same ravintsara as our 10 ml, named Best Organic Product 2019. The same direct supply chain in Madagascar. The same guaranteed 1,8-cineole chemotype. Just more volume — and better value per millilitre.

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 — 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: 30 ml = about 840 drops

Who is the 30 ml for?

• Regular family use: covers a whole winter season for 2 to 4 people
• Daily diffusion: ideal if you diffuse at the office or at home, morning and evening
• Practitioners and wellbeing professionals: physiotherapists, naturopaths, aromatherapists in consultation
• Home-made preparations: cosmetic dilutions, balms, blends for family and friends

For occasional use or a first try, our 10 ml bottle is a better fit. For professionals who genuinely use it in volume, there is also the 100 ml bottle.

Why our ravintsara is different

An exceptional terroir

Cinnamomum camphora grows on several continents. 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.

Harvested by hand, no machines

Every leaf is picked by hand by our team on site. No mechanisation. No wood fragments ending up in the still. 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

BETSARA does not make fifty different essential oils. We work with ravintsara only, in every form. 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 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 30 ml bottle

Ravintsara is one of the best-tolerated essential oils. This 840-drop bottle covers around 3 to 6 months of family use during the cold season.

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

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

Composition and chromatography by batch

Every batch is analysed by gas chromatography before bottling. Here are the compositions of the recent batches:

• 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, which lets us control every step on site: pruning the trees, selecting the leaves, 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 broker in between. Certified organic since 2016.

Behind the scenes: 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

Further reading

Read our comparison Ravintsara vs ravensara or our guide to 7 criteria for recognising quality ravintsara (both in French).