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.

Lands maintained and preserved in their natural state serve as the sowing ground for organic nutmeg tree. Once it flourishes, the kernels from nutmeg are dried and the oil is extracted through steam distillation. Organic Nutmeg Oil is popularly used in cosmetics to create formulations to ease aches and pains. It also helps in stimulating blood circulation.    

Organic Lavender Oil is extracted via steam distillation from the fragrant bright blue lavender flowers. Its aromatic qualities make it a popular component in fragrance linens, cosmetics and other body care products. Organic Lavender Oil has a calming effect and can be applied on the skin as well as consumed orally. It has a number of therapeutic benefits with antiseptic, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and soothing for everyday aches and pains.

Since the middle ages, Clary Sage Oil has been used for medicinal purposes. Organically produced flowering leaves and heads of the plant are harvested and later steam distilled to procure the oil. The oil has a sweet aroma, and popularly used for hair care products. It is known to effectively combat dandruff. In properly diluted quantities, it is also used in food.

Nutmeg or Myristica Fragrans fruit has a hard shell protecting the inner kernel or seed. The oil is extracted via steam distillation from the dried kernel. Found naturally in the Far East and West Indies, its tall tree is covered with green leaves and fascinating yellow flowers which have no petals. Its fruits are yellow containing the nut. The outer covering of the nut is a husk called mace used as a spice in cooking.  Nutmeg has a refreshing, warm, spicy aroma note with a sweet and slightly woody base note. High in terpenes, nutmeg has properties that range from soothing everyday aches and pains to provoking deep restful sleep due to presence of Myristin and Licarin-B. It is antiseptic, a general tonic and stimulating circulation and digestion. Myristin is known to have protective properties for the liver. General: As an essential oil it is extensively used in perfumery and pharmaceuticals. It is also a popular natural flavouring agent for baked goods, beverages, syrups and sweets. Perfumery: Nutmeg is found in many male fragrances, for seasonal candles and in some toiletry formulas. Spa: Nutmeg oil needs to be used in moderation in topical applications, but it can be used in antiseptic foot baths before pedicures, as a compress, massage blend at between 0.8%-5% depending on where it is from. For diffuser blends or inhalation it encourages feelings of comfort, calm and inner peace. Do not use nutmeg during pregnancy.

Latin Name: Backhousia citriodora Another beautiful, powerful essential oil packed with therapeutic properties that is grown in Australia. It has lemon scented leaves, and these are steam distilled to yield the essential oil. It has a sweet lemony scent and is quite overpowering, so little is more. Citral and citronellol contribute largely to its scent and it has been compared with lemongrass although it is sweeter and lacks any grassiness. At one time, this oil was used for flavouring, but it was soon replaced by less expensive high Citral oils such as lemongrass. During the Second World War it was used to flavour soft drinks and more recently has been adopted by the Australian culinary industry to be used in specific Australian seafood and chicken cuisine. The Aboriginal peoples long used Lemon Myrtle for medicinal and culinary purposes. General: Lemon Myrtle has many properties as an oil but the main ones are antibacterial due to its high citral content, uplifting and mood improving with its lemony scent and soothing to the stomach and digestive system. Food & Drinks: The leaves of the lemon myrtle tree are used as fresh or dried herbs and is now established as a herbal tea or infusion. The leaves have replaced Kaffir lime leaves used in Asian cooking. Used in flavouring soft drinks and foods. Spas: Lemon myrtle has an uplifting, refreshing smell and due to its strong antimicrobial properties, it is used to freshen and sanitise reception areas and therapy rooms. It can cause...

Latin Name: Cinnamomum zeylanicum Everyone recognises the familiar aroma of sweet cinnamon which triggers memories of baked pastries and of festive aromas of Easter Hot cross buns and Christmas blends. There are three main oils from the bark or the leaves, and lesser known root oil. Here we discuss the bark oil which is intensely aromatic. This oil can sometimes be confused with Cassia oil which is a different essential oil. The bark oil is extracted by steam distillation of the dried bark yielding a powerful aroma with a sweet warming spicy note that lasts a long time. As it dries out a powdery note remains, this oil lingers and is so impactful that when blending a little is more. Traced back to ancient historical references like the Bible cinnamon is believed to be introduced as with many spices to Europe via the ancient spice and trade routes. Pharmaceutical: Due to its powerful aromatic profile cinnamon is often used to mask unpopular smells and flavours. In Germany it is used in digestive preparations for its soothing, carminative properties. Food & drinks: Widely used in cooking and baking, Cinnamon is also one of the ingredients in popular cold drinks. Inviting aromas of baked Danish pastries, hot cross buns and powdered on custard tarts are smells that entice buyers into the stores. Used in  Teas and infusions to settle digestive upset. Mixologist usually use the actual bark in their drinks and cocktails rather than the oil and infusions are often created with...

Commonly called Orange Blossom or Neroli Bigarade, this essential oil is water distilledfrom the flowers of the Bitter Orange tree citrus aurantium var amara.The Orange flowers must be distilled straight after picking, to retain freshness andaroma. General: This classic perfumery ingredient brings warmth, light floral scent and providesand inspiring, uplifting feeling. Spa: Gentle antibacterial, skin tonic, soothes nervous tensions and improves mood. 2drops of Neroli blended with a drop of Jasmine and Orange to a spoonful of sunflower oil make for a rich, pleasant uplifting bath for an instant pick me up. Perfumery: Neroli is traditionally used in colognes. It can be used as a top note forreconstitutions of orange blossom or gardenia. When blended with orange blossomabsolute, neroli adds a simple and effective freshness

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...

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...

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).

With a rich sweet aroma, Organic Patchouli Oil is extracted from the dried leaves of Patchouli flower. The process of steam distillation is undertaken to procure the oil. It is a popular component in massage blends due to its uplifting yet grounding characteristics. It helps manage depression and has anti-inflammatory qualities. Organic Patchouli Oil is also a popular ingredient in soaps, perfumes and room diffusers.   Spa: Known for its regenerative properties in facial oils often used in anti-ageing products.

Latin Name: Leptospermum scoparium Manuka oil has in recent years become more well known through the introduction of Manuka honey into the health and wellbeing industry. Access to Australian oils and the lesser known oils of New Zealand was limited. Now the oils and extracts are available to therapists and other industries and except for when natural disasters occur such as the raging bush fires of recent years, these oils have collectively become centre point in the pursuit of health and wellbeing. Manuka is a small tree native to New Zealand. It is the flowers of this small tree that the bees fee on giving rise to Manuka honey. The oil is steam distilled from the flowers, leaves and twigs of Leptospermum scoparium. The aroma is fresh, herbaceous, slightly spicy aroma profile. The oil is harvested from trees growing in the wild, with studies showing that this special oil is stronger than Tea Tree in the some bacterial infections. Antibacterial, soothing for inflamed skin, muscles and tissue, deodorising, stimulating to the immune system, insecticidal and deeply relaxing are just a few therapeutic properties of this very special oil. General: Very much embraced by local Maori tradition for the treatment of skin problems, burns, irritated skin conditions and to this day the honey and oils are used in hospitals, hospices and by Clinical Aromatherapists to help with wound regeneration and stubborn leg ulcers in compresses packed with the honey steeped in the oil. A powerfully. balancing and protective skin oil. Food...

Native to India and South eastern Asia although now it has adapted to more gentle terroir and is seen to grow easily in Mediterranean, North African and Iran, Afghanistan and Kashmir. Most of jasmine grandiflorum is grown and extracted in Egypt nowadays. Soft white and pink flowers exude this classical aroma known and loved by many, both male and female. The flowers are collected in the early morning similar to the J sambac and solvent extraction is carried out shortly afterwards to maximise yield of the oil. Its aroma profile is intense, floral, warm with a tea note underneath. Molecular structures that contribute to the jasmine’s animalic notes are indole and cis-jasmone but its greatest asset is benzyl acetate. Same uses and therapeutic properties as J. sambac although the grandiflorum has a different more, dry scent, the anmalic not can be off putting to those sensitive to it. Used extensively in male and female fragrances.