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add one of our essential oil blends to any massage or facial to provide deeper relaxation.
Rosemary Rosemary is known as the herb
of remembrance. The plant produces an almost colorless essential oil with a
strong, fresh, camphor aroma. It's used in many citrus colognes, forest and
Oriental perfumes, and eau de cologne. Rinses for dark hair often contain
rosemary, as do room deodorants, household sprays, disinfectants and soaps.
Aromatherapy benefits: clarifying, invigorating.
Of the 300 species of
eucalyptus trees in the world, Eucalyptus globulus is the best known.
Eucalyptus has long been used in topical preparations such as liniments and
salves. Cineole is the major constituent. Aromatherapy benefits: purifying,
invigorating.
The Atlas cedar grows in the
Atlas Mountains of Morocco and Algeria. The aroma of Atlas cedar is woody, oily
and slightly animal-like. The tree is closely related to the famous
centuries-old biblical cedars of Lebanon now protected from further destruction
by law. Atlas cedar is used for its aroma and fixative powers in soaps and
perfumes. It blends well with woody, floral fragrances. Aromatherapy benefits:
stabilizing, centering, strengthening.
Two types of lime oil are
commonly sold: distilled and cold-pressed. Distilled oil is pale yellow or
clear in color with a perfumey-fruity, limeade aroma. Pressed oil, which we
offer, is yellowish to green in color, with a rich, fresh, lime peel aroma.
While pressed lime oil is produced in smaller quantities and is more expensive
than distilled lime oil, it is preferred in aromatherapy. Lime oil applied to
the skin, may, in the presence of sunlight, cause a skin reaction. Aromatherapy
benefits: refreshing, cheering.
Oil of neroli is distilled from
the flowers of the bitter orange tree. It has a very strong, refreshing, spicy,
floral aroma and is one of the most widely used flower oils in perfumery. It is
an ingredient in eau de cologne and blends well with citrus oils and floral
oils. Neroli is also used in premium natural cosmetic preparations such as
massage oils, skin creams and bath oils. Aromatherapy benefits: calming,
soothing, sensual.
Palmarosa is distilled from a
grass closely related to citronella and lemongrass. The oil has a floral-rose
grassy scent. It is used extensively in perfumes and soaps to add or enhance a
rose note. Palmarosa is a cleansing, astringent addition to skin care products
such as bath and massage oils. Aromatherapy benefits: refreshing.
Pine oil is distilled from the
twigs and needles of the Scotch pine that grows throughout much of Europe and
Asia. It has a fresh, resinous, pine needle aroma. The oil is used to scent a
number of household and personal care products such as room sprays, detergents,
vaporizer liquids, cough and cold preparations and masculine perfumes. When
used in skin care preparations, pine oil should always be well diluted as it
can be irritating to sensitive skin. Aromatherapy benefits: refreshing,
invigorating.
Ylang ylang oil is distilled
from the early morning, fresh-picked flowers of the cananga tree. The distillation
process is interrupted at various points and the oil accumulates is removed.
The first oil to be drawn off is the highest quality and is graded
"extra." Ylang ylang extra has an intense floral, sweet,
jasmine-like, almost narcotic aroma. Aromatherapy benefits: sensual, euphoric.
The leaf of the tea, or ti,
tree had a long history of use by the indigenous peoples of Australia before
tea tree was "discovered" by the crew of the famous English explorer
James Cook. The aroma of the oil is warm, spicy, medicinal and volatile. It is
occasionally used to scent spicy colognes and aftershaves. It blends well with
lavandin, rosemary and nutmeg oils. Aromatherapy benefits: cleansing,
purifying, uplifting.
Our lemon oil is cold-pressed,
a much better oil than distilled. The scent is evocative of the fresh ripe
peel. Lemon oil in the bath or in massage oils should be well diluted as it can
cause skin irritation. Caution: avoid using the oil in body care products when
going out into the sun as it can cause redness and burning of the skin.
Aromatherapy benefits: uplifting, refreshing, cheering.
Juniper berry oil is distilled
from the dried ripe berry of the juniper tree. Juniper berry oil has a fresh,
warm, balsamic, woody-pine needle odor. It is used with citrus oils in room
sprays and in masculine and outdoorsy perfumes, after shaves and spicy
colognes. Aromatherapy benefits: supportive, restoring.
Lavender oil is used in baths,
room sprays, toilet waters, perfumes, colognes, massage oils, sachets, salves,
skin lotions and oils. It has a sweet, balsamic, floral aroma which combines
well with many oils including citrus, clove, patchouli, rosemary, clary sage
and pine. Aromatherapy benefits: balancing, soothing, normalizing, calming,
relaxing, healing.
Red cedarwood essential oil
actually comes from a type of juniper known as Juniperus virginiana, whose
common name is eastern red cedar. The balsamic-woody aroma of cedarwood oil
evokes a feeling of inner strength and centeredness. It is quite useful in
times of emotional stress and anxiety to overcome feelings of powerlessness.
Our oil is cold-pressed from
the peel of the common grapefruit. It has a fresh, sweet, bitter, citrus aroma.
It is used to scent citrus perfumes and colognes, soaps, creams and lotions.
Aromatherapy benefits: refreshing, cheering.
Lemongrass oil is distilled
from a tropical grass native to Asia. It has a powerful, lemony, grassy aroma.
It is used in insect repellents, room sprays, soaps and detergents.
Aromatherapy benefits: vitalizing, cleansing.
Rosewood, or bois de rose, is a
tropical tree growing wild in the Amazon basin. It has a sweet-woody,
floral-nutmeg aroma that finds extensive use in fantasy-type perfumes and
colognes. It is also used to scent soaps, creams, lotions, bath oils and
massage oils. Aromatherapy benefits: gently strengthening, calming.
Peppermint has a powerful,
sweet, menthol aroma which, when inhaled undiluted, can make the eyes water and
the sinuses tingle. Aromatherapy benefits: vitalizing, refreshing, cooling. Bergamot Bergamot oil is cold-pressed
from the peel of the nearly ripe fruit. The aroma of bergamot oil is fresh,
lively, fruity and sweet. It is an excellent deodorizer. It contains a
constituent called bergaptene that increases the skin's sensitivity to
sunlight. Bergamot BF means "bergaptene free." Most of the sensitizing
bergaptene constituent has been distilled out of this product but traces may
still remain. Aromatherapy benefits: uplifting, inspiring, confidence-building.
Lavandin is a hybrid plant, the
result of a natural cross-pollination of true lavender and spike lavender. The
oil has a woody, spicy-green, camphor aroma. It is used in herbaceous colognes
and blends well with numerous other oils including cypress, geranium,
citronella, clove, cinnamon leaf, pine, thyme and patchouli. The scent is not
very tenacious and requires the addition of a fixative when it needs to last
more than a few hours. Aromatherapy benefits: balancing, clarifying, purifying.
Sweet fennel oil has a very
sweet, earthy, anise-like aroma due to its primary constituent, anethole. Sweet
fennel usually contains more anethole than bitter fennel oil. Aromatherapy
benefits: nurturing, supportive, restorative. |