Lavender: Essential Oil Spotlight
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Lavender: Essential Oil Spotlight

Lavender Essential Oil Family Name: Lamiaceae Common Name: True Lavender Botanical Name: Lavandula angustifolia; Lavandula officinalis  Extraction method: Steam distillation from fresh flowering plant parts, from cultivated or wild harvested plants.Odour: â€˜Sweet, floral-herbaceous scent’. General Description Lavender is a hardy fragrant shrub, growing to a height of…

Frankincense: Essential Oil Spotlight
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Frankincense: Essential Oil Spotlight

Frankincense Essential Oil Family: Burseraceae Common Name: Frankincense (also known as Olibanum) Botanical Name: Boswellia carterii, Boswellia serrata Extraction method: Steam distillation of the oleo gum resin.Odour: Frankincense oil is a pale-yellow or pale-amber greenish mobile liquid with a strongly diffusive odour. The odour is…

Eucalyptus: Essential Oil Spotlight
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Eucalyptus: Essential Oil Spotlight

Eucalyptus Essential Oil Family: Myrtaceae Common Name: Eucalyptus  Botanical Name: Eucalyptus globulus; E. radiata Extraction method: Steam distillation from fresh or partially dried leaves.Odour: E. globulus is a cineole rich oil with a refreshing, slightly camphoraceous but typical eucalyptus odour. General Description Eucalyptus is an…

Bergamot: Essential Oil Spotlight
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Bergamot: Essential Oil Spotlight

Bergamot Essential Oil Family: Rutaceae Common Name: Bergamot   Botanical Name: Citrus aurantium subsp. bergamia (Citrus bergamia) Extraction method: Cold expression of the peel of the nearly ripe fruit.Odour: fresh, sweet-fruity scent General Description A small tree, about 4.5m high with smooth oval leaves, bearing small…