(Citrus x paradisi)
Family: Rutaceae
Description: Grapefruit is a big tree with glossy leaves and large fruits. The essential oil is expressed from the peel of the ripe fruit.
Countries of origin: America, Brazil, Israel
Characteristics: Grapefruit has clean, fresh, light, sharp top notes with slightly sweet, citrousy undertones. It blends well with other citruses and spices, and also [...]
Tags: Essential Oils
(Citrus bergamia)
Family: Rutaceae
Description: The bergamot tree was originally grown only in Italy. It produces small citrus fruits that ripen from green to yellow, but the fruit is inedible because it is so sour. Bergamot is the finest of the citrus essential oils and is expressed from the peel of the nearly ripe fruit.
Countries of origin: [...]
Tags: Essential Oils
(Styrax benzoin)
Family: Styracaceae
Description: Benzoin is a tropical tree with pale-green leaves and hard-shelled fruit. Incisions into the bark produce a resin that hardens into brown ‘tears’ with reddish streaks. The essential oil is steam-distilled from these ‘tears’ of hardened resin, but it is an almost solid resinous mass. This is then dissolved in ethyl glycol [...]
Tags: Essential Oils
(Santalum album)
Family : Santalaceae
Description : Sandalwood is a small evergreen tree with pinky-purple flowers. Mysore in India is the main producer of sandalwood essential oil, which is steam-or water- distilled from the powdered heartwood and major roots.
Countries of origin : India, China, Australia, New Caledonia
Characteristics : Sandalwood’s warm, heavy fragrance increases over time, and it [...]
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(Matricaria chamomilla, Matricaria recutita)
Family : Compositae or Asteraceae
Description : German chamomile is an annual herb with delicate feathery leaves and simple, daisy like white and yellow flowers on single stems. The viscous, inky-blue essential oil is steam-distilled from the flower heads.
Country of origin : England, Hungary, Bulgaria, Spain
Characteristics : German chamomile has an intense odor [...]
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