原料介紹｜粉紅蓮花 (Lotus pink)

▎精油簡介

粉紅蓮花(Nelumbo nucifera)又叫做印度蓮花、神聖蓮花，或印度之豆。蓮科蓮屬，多年生草本出水植物，原產於古印度，後來從越南到阿富汗都有，一般分佈在中亞，西亞、北美，印度、中國、日本等亞熱帶及溫帶地區，有超過800個栽培品種。蓮花可以用種子或根莖繁殖，特別的是，其種子蓮子可以存活上千年。有科學家培育了一些有千年歷史的蓮子，繁殖出來的荷花依然生機盎然 。在中國的大連市普蘭店區曾出土過千年前的古蓮子。在中國鄭州大河村仰韶文化遺址中發現的兩枚古蓮子，有超過3000年歷史，但是過於珍貴，未進行栽培試驗。

蓮花喜好高熱高濕的環境，在溫帶分佈的品種於冬天時的泥土上常綠部位會枯萎，藕莖會膨大。而熱帶的品種多為常綠部位不枯萎，藕莖膨大不明顯。蓮花象徵耐心與和平。它生長在淤泥中，會在水面上開出碩大華美的花朵，伸展平寬的葉片，花朵可能是粉紅色、白色或藍色，花朵飄散出獨特的清香，在佛教文化中，也像徵著永生與超然。財富女神拉克須密被稱為「吉祥天女」，集財富、華麗、豐饒、繁衍、生命力等特質於一身，祂手持粉紅色蓮花，因此粉紅蓮花也像徵會帶來好運。。

蓮花原精需要陳放，才能凝煉出香氣，粉紅蓮花原精是一種深粉紅色的黏稠液體，香氣馥鬱清香和清甜，給人一種安詳典雅的感覺。

▎成分解析

｜主要成分

成分複雜多元，有丁香油烴氧化物、β-丁香油烴、順式素馨酮、1.4-二甲氧基苯，以及其他微量成分。

｜蓮花比一比

比較項目	粉紅蓮花	白色蓮花	藍色蓮花
拉丁學名	Nelumbo nucifera	Nelumbo nucifer	Nymphaea caerulea
精油氣味	以馥郁甜美的花香為主調，帶有果香與皮革香	味道較飽滿、甜美，帶有動物和草藥般的香氣	味道最為濃郁，初聞有些人可能會拒之千里之外

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