Organic menthol leaves a cooling sensation in the mouth and skin. Organic Peppermint Oil contains around 30-45% of menthol. This concentration leaves the oil with a strong menthol aroma. It is suitable for oral care and, also used an ingredient for food and cosmetics. Organic Peppermint Oil is procured via steam distillation.

The aromatic rosemary herb is steam distilled to procure Organic Rosemary Oil. It has a refreshing aroma and is a popular component in cosmetics and food. In fact, the oil is believed to be one of the oldest used for culinary purposes. It is a natural antioxidant and has soothing properties for the muscular system.  Rosemary oil is great for clearing mental fog so useful for times of concentration and focus.

Oozing with great qualities for internal and external usage, Organic Sesame Oil has been a popular product for generations. Sesame seeds are rich in zinc, which aids in increasing skin elasticity and cell regeneration. It is also a popular antioxidant, and thus used in massages. The presence of high concentration of Vitamin D, B and E also make it popular in the creation of sun-care products. This organic oil is obtained by cold pressing.   

Organic Sunflower Oil is highly stable and odourless. This makes it a perfect blend for other oils. Obtained by cold pressing, the oil today is equally popular in food and cosmetics industry. With essential fatty acids and Vitamins like A, D and E forming its core, Organic Sunflower Oil is nourishing for the body.

One of the most popular essential oils in the market, Organic Tea Tree Oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) is produced by steam distillation. It is an extremely versatile product, and can be utilised for varied applications like cleaning, pet care, massage, skin and hair care formulations. Traditionally, it is known to possess antiseptic, anti-microbial and skin health properties. Additionally, Organic Tea Tree Oil is also known to target problem skin, soothing and improving health and wellbeing generally. Medicinal: Tea Tree has a beneficial therapeutic effect on the respiratory tract issues due to its antibacterial properties. Useful for throat gargles and mouth washes and for inhalation through diffusing or nasal inhalation. Spa: Foot treatments benefit from the inclusion of Tea Tree oil for its properties that protect and soothe foot irritation. Many customers now look for organic oils over the non-organic versions. Certification is essential for the selection of organic essential oils. 

The aromatic perennial shrub Pogostemon Cablin is native to tropical regions of Asia, the Caribbean, and West Africa. The leaves and stems of the plant are dried and then steam distilled to reveal a dark browny orange, viscous oil with a sweet, earthy, spicy sometimes woody aromatic note. The oil used by Hippies in the colourful 1960’s! Patchouli is regenerative, soothing, antimicrobial, anti-depressant, antiseptic and deodorising. General: A regenerating, nourishing, soothing skin oil with a distinctive aroma reminiscent of years gone by. Highly antiseptic and astringent it is known for its properties in skincare, while its deodorising effects make it a useful additional to soaps, body perfumes and deodorants. In past times, Patchouli was regularly used to fragrance clothes and linens, as incense in temples and as an insect repellent (moths). In China, it is believed that they fragranced their inks with patchouli. Spa: Traditionally used in most ancient herbal medicinal practices, Patchouli was used for its regenerating and nourishing properties for the skin. A great addition to anti-ageing treatments and products, patchouli is also used in aromatherapy to “Ground” clients in stressful or anxious cases by calming and soothing the energy of the body, connecting it with the earth. Skincare specialists would also include patchouli in skin preparations for soothing irritated skin conditions, good for oily, congested skin on the face and scalp. Perfumery: Used extensively in the perfumery industry, in soaps, candles and diffusing blends. Used in shampoos for hair and scalp health.

A Scent for Zen, Notes; Buddhawood, Vanilla, Petitgrain, Elemi and Lavender

Mentha Piperita is a perennial herb grown widely worldwide now which reveals a high menthol content which is what peppermint is recognised for. Peppermint Oil is extracted through distillation from the dried leaves of this aromatic herb. It has a very refreshing minty aroma with a sweetness and coolness. Used extensively in many industries and is an oil recognised for its folk and traditional medicine. General: The appealing peppermint flavour makes it a common ingredient in teas, candies, chocolates and chewing gums. It is also popular in oral care, soaps, bath products and insect repellents. In the medical field: it is used in preparations to soothe and calm digestive discomfort, for travel sickness and general nausea, in chest preparations and decongestants. It is highly anti-microbial, cools and soothes nerve endings useful in the treatment of everyday aches and pains. Spa: Peppermint can be used for many different treatment protocols, digestion, respiratory disorders and in muscle massage oils post exercise to cool down overworked muscles and joints. A brilliant oil for footbaths for its refreshing and deodorising properties.

Latin Name: Pinus Sylvestris Also known as Scotch Pine, Norway Pine or Forest Pine. Extracted from the needles, young twigs and some cones as this yields the safest oil for use therapeutically. The heartwood of the tree is used to produce Turpentine. Mentioned in many folklore and ancient herbal medicinal practices, pine shoots were used added to baths to soothe wounds, stimulate sluggish circulation and everyday aches and pains in joints. Said to be used by Native American Indians to add to mattress fillings to ward away fleas and bed mites. Pine oil’s main use is in the maintenance of a healthy respiratory system and after long illnesses as a support to the immune system and for its uplifting, clearing aroma. General: Pine is known to be antimicrobial, antiseptic, decongesting and restorative. It deodorises so is often used in household cleaning products and room sprays.Pine oil has a strong, balsamic turpentine aroma note. Spa: The oil is used with others such as Eucalyptus to add to saunas for its refreshing cleansing note. It is often added to muscular liniments and body blends to support muscular activity by stimulating the circulation of the blood and lymphatics, oxygenating fatigued muscles and removing the by-products of exercise. As a tonic to the respiratory system, to the kidneys and nervous system it is a under rated oil in therapy and this could be because of its over use in household cleaning products. A warming, drying oil it can be used in blends dry out...

Pink/red grapefruit oil is very similar in properties to the white grapefruit oil although pink is more commonly found due to its demand as fruit in the juice industry. The pink grapefruit oil has a sweeter top note than its white counterpart, but grapefruit oils generally recognised for their uplifting, mood improving, stress reducing properties across a wide sector of industries. Like most cold expressed citrus oils, Grapefruit oil has phototoxic effects on the skin in the presence of strong sunlight. General: Extracted from the peel by cold expression, this is a pale yellow oil. In the 18th century, Grapefruit was named the “Forbidden Fruit” and in Barbados it is still considered of one their “Seven Wonders”. In the 19th century it was renamed Grapefruit due to its clusters of fruit on branches which looked similar to clusters of grapes. Spa/Skincare: pink grapefruit is like the white variety, a popular choice as a detoxification oil. It is great in muscular blends to soothe muscle fatigue and stiffness post exercise. As with the white oil, in facial treatments this oil helps with congested, oily and problem skin types, supports rosemary in stimulating healthy hair growth and is a general skin tonic. Food & Drinks: More popular than the white fruit for its juice and flavouring in foods, soft drinks and spirit cordials. Mental Health: Grapefruit as with most citrus oils has very uplifting, mood improving revitalising refreshing aroma properties and is a great oil in combination with bergamot and comforting oils...

A positive blend. Notes; Bergamot, Ginger, Jasmine, Juniperberry

Champaca has several names linked to it namely Magnolia champaca, golden or orange champaka. It is related to the magnolia tree with similar looking flowers and is native to the Phillipines and Indonesia, although now also found in India, China and Reunion Island off Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. Extracted from the flowers by solvent extraction, it has a heady, sweet exotic floral aroma which is similar to Tea rose and neroli. In India, the flowers are used for rituals and are linked to Lakshami one of the goddesses in Indian mythology. Perfumery: Due to its price and aroma profile this absolute is used high end perfumes and attars. Spa: in aromatherapy it is used for uplifting mood, as an aphrodisiac because of its exotic smell, to help support and soothe anxiety and stress and anger, it mellows high emotions. Not regularly used in aromatherapy due to cost, but in Clinical therapies it is used to calm and ground high energy anxieties. It is an emollient for the skin, son a great facial oil for facial blends or nourishing creams. General: Can be used to enhance the environment in sick rooms and work places. Use in diffusing blends for positivity, self esteem and confidence and can be used as drops in baths, footbaths and on compresses as well. Do not use during pregnancy as it is an emmenagogue (Stimulates blood flow in the womb).

Also known Damask Rose or Ros Otto, this rose believed to be originally from the Orient in what was then Persia, although now the rose is grown in  Bulgaria (most sought after and prized), Turkey, Morocco, France, Italy and China. The roses are picked early in the morning by hand between the hours of 5-10 to maximise the oil yield. General: There are 3 products the distilled essential oil, a concrete and an absolute which is solvent extracted from the concrete. Here we discuss the absolute which is the solvent extracted oil, an yellowy orange or brownish viscous oil with warm, floral, deeply rosy aroma profile with a sweet honey like finish. As with a lot of flowers Rose is most often associated with love. Rose oil is most complexed with many hundreds of chemicals comprising this oil some of which have yet to be defined. Perfumery: Prized in ancient civilisations the scent of the rose became synonymous  with the symbol of feminity, love and motherhood. Universally loved by men and women, rose absolute features in many fragrances blending so well with most other oils and plant extracts. The floral water/distillate from the steam distilled oil is one of the most popular and is used often in culinary  products and foods particularly in India and the Middle Eastern cultures. Used in soaps, facial creams, toiletries for the bath, it is also a favourite for household products such as pot pourri, room sprays and diffusing concentrates. Food and drink: Rose is...

A popular Asian and Mediterranean herb, Rosemary Oil is extracted from Rosmarinus Officinalis. The oil is extracted from the leaves, flowers and twigs through steam distillation.   Rosemary has a strong, refreshing, cleansing herbaceous aroma profile with a hint of wood in its base note. 1,8-cineole levels are important in rosemary. The name comes from the Latin Ros meaning dew, marinus meaning sea, referring to its habit of growing wild close to the sea. A relatively easy plant to grow in many countries, known to be used for medicinal qualities and in some cultures old and new as a symbol of negativity and death, sprigs of the herb being enclosed in coffins to ward off evil and assist in the safe passage to the other world. General:  Rosemary Oil is popular in culinary circles, and also has immense health benefits. Its stimulating effects contribute to strong healthy hair growth, increasing blood flow to hair roots and scalp making rosemary a popular ingredient for shampoos and hair tonics. Cleansing to the respiratory organs, it breaks down mucus conditions in the nose, throat and chest so is often used in cough sweets or decongestant inhalers within the pharmaceutical arenas. Spa: Refreshing, uplifting stimulating and clearing to the brain making Rosemary a great oil for focus and study. This property helps with warming up muscles for exercise and as well as draining post exercise lactic acid; making it an ideal addition to massage blends for warming up muscles prior to exercise or as a...

Sesame seed (Sesamum indicum) oil is anti-bacterial, anti-oxidant and readily absorbed into the deeper layers of the skin, it is able to transport nutrients and supportive actives to the fine circulatory vessels within the deeper skin. It is believed to have natural sun protection, to contain phytosterols Sesamol and Sesamin which act as preservatives, lignans which help balance sebum levels on the skin and high moisturising properties. Sesame oil contains Vitamins A, B E with calcium, magnesium and phosphorus supporting its mineral balance.  Food & Drink: The culinary oil is usually extracted for toasted sesame seeds, which is a heavier more aromatic oil which flavours salads and dishes and can be used for low temperature cooking. Spa:  The oil used in skin and haircare tends to be the non-toasted version which is less heavy and more readily absorbed by the skin with a mild aroma.  Antibacterial, calming and soothing for irritated skins and a superb foot oil dealing with common foot skin issues. Product manufacturers: Use for soap making by infusing the oil with herbal extracts and mixing with other carrier oils for balance.

Sunflower (Helianthus annus)named aptly after its orange flower maturing in the sun and is seen farmed in France, Spain and Italy. Named after the Greek term Helios meaning sun and Anthos meaning flower. You will notice that the flower “faces” all point in the same direction towards the morning sun. In ancient cultures the sunflower was a representation of the sun, the seeds being matured until black and harvested for food and the oil. There are many species of sunflower but high Oleic acid varieties are favoured. Sunflower oil is packed with goodness, Vitamins A, D, E, calcium, zinc, potassium and iron. Sunflower contains inulin supposed to help support asthma and a healthy respiratory system. Spa: This oil has a softening effect on the skin and is a great massage base as it is light but has the “slick” needed in massage therapy and it remains a less expensive carrier base. It is often used in baby massage due to being safe as a carrier oil (not a nut oil). Its softening effect makes sunflower an excellent oil to be used in foot products helping to reduce and prevent the hard skin on feet. Food & Drink: Most common oil used for cooking and is often hydrogenated into the solid butter/spread product. Light, low aroma profile with a high level of Vitamin E which protects the oil from oxidation, it therefore has a longer shelf life. Product manufacturers: Used in soap making as it is a mild oil with lots...

Sweet almond oil is extracted by cold pressing the kernels of the almond nut. It is a pale yellow, slightly viscous and a little goes a long way. Sweet Almond oil (Prunus amygdalis var dulcis) contains many vitamins such as A, B1, B2, B6 and Vitamin E. It is an excellent emollient for the skin, soothing dry, irritated areas and relieves dry, itchy skin. General: Rich in oleic acid, linoleic acid, squalene, glycosides and beta sitosterol which contribute to the soothing nourishing property of Almond oil. Spa: Use on normal to dry or mature skin types for excellent night time nourishing and rejuvenation. Slower absorption rate than other carriers through the skin and makes a perfect massage base. A good carrier for baby’s skin, for scalp massage and on baby’s bottom before putting nappies on. This oil acts as a good barrier oil for skin on the hands and body. Also found to reduce scar tissue formation, so almond oil is an essential carrier to formulate a night repair face and body serum. Product manufacturers: great for soap making as it creates a great lather. Creams and lotions use almond as a nourishing ingredient for the base and as an oil is great for balms and salves for dry or irritated skin types. A good addition to hair conditioners and body lotions. Culinary: Sweet almond oil is used in cooking and baking.

With a history spanning over a century, Tea Tree Oil has seen an immense increase in popularity. Melaleuca Alternifolia is obtained through steam distillation from foliage and terminal branchlets. Tea Tree is an Australian oil. The entire process from sowing to harvest takes around 12-15 months.  Tea tree is highly recommended for its powerful antiseptic, antibacterial properties and is a high terpene content oil making it a useful oil for inhibiting a wide range of micro-organisms. General: Tea tree oil is often added to soaps, mouth and throat gargles, toothpastes and mouthwashes, deodorants, and in general household cleaning goods with disinfectant properties. Spa: Blend a couple of drops of Tea Tree with 1 teaspoon of a carrier/vegetable oil such as Sweet Almond, Sunflower, Coconut or Jojoba to make a highly therapeutic blend which is antibacterial, purifying and supports a healthy respiratory, integumentary and immune system. For podiatrists, chiropodists and hand and feet specialists: Tea tree remains the main player essential oil that can be added to footbaths, creams and lotions for massage, and as a concentrate 2.5% for nail health. For pets: A couple of drops of tea tree oil can be added to shampoos for insect repellent properties and is known to be a good oil for maintaining skin health. Be aware that cats are highly sensitive to essential oils. Never use oils undiluted and proceed with caution. Do not use 100% essential oils on any pets.