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Essential Oils by Type

All the essential oils we sell are of the highest quality and purity from leading suppliers such as Simply Aromatherapy, Amphora Aromatics, Tisserand and Meadows.

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Basil Essential Oils

Basil Essential Oils

Basil Essential Oils come from the flowering tops and leaves. Refreshing, light, uplifts.

Bay Essential Oils

Bay Essential Oils

Bay Essential Oils are distilled from the leaves. Astringent/antiseptic.

Bergamot Essential Oils

Bergamot Essential Oils

Bergamot Essential Oils are prepared from the peels of unripe fruits. Refreshing, antiseptic. Familiar to many as the flavouring in Earl grey tea. Freshens air.

 
Black Pepper Essential Oils

Black Pepper Essential Oils

Black Pepper Essential Oils

Camphor Essential Oils

Camphor Essential Oils

Camphor Essential Oils are extracted from the oil. Hot, pungent fumes. Always use well diluted. Warming oil during the winter season, can be used as a steam inhalent

Cedarwood Essential Oils

Cedarwood Essential Oils

Cedarwood Essential Oils are extracted from the sawdust and tree stumps. There are several varieties of cedarwood. Stimulating, astringent. Used in incense & room sprays. Good for stressful situations.

 
Chamomile Essential Oils

Chamomile Essential Oils

Chamomile Essential Oils are extracted from the top part of the plant. A must for the first aid cabinet. Excellent for massage with children, soothes and calms - well known for its strong soothing effect on mind & body

Citronella Essential Oils

Citronella Essential Oils

Citronella Essential Oils are extracted from the leaves. Citronella has a powerful and lemon smell and is used as an insect repellant and room fragrancer.

Clary Sage Essential Oils

Clary Sage Essential Oils

Clary Sage Essential oils are eExtracted from the flowering tops. Uplifting, warming. Good for oily skin and hair.

 
Clove Essential Oil

Clove Essential Oil

The most notable use of clove Essential oil or cloves in domestic medicine is a treatment for toothache, and as a tea to relieve nausea.

Cypress Essential Oil

Cypress Essential Oil

Cypress Esential Oil is extracted from the leaves and branches. Invigorating, refreshing. Astringent, helps reduce cellulite. Oily and over hydrated skin. Especially useful during the menopause, use well diluted in a carrier oil for massage.

Eucalyptus Essential Oil

Eucalyptus Essential Oil

Eucalyptus is extracted from the leaves. Antiseptic, cooling. Eucalyptus Essential Oil. Useful in chilly, winter weather. Helps to clear pathways during a cold.

 
Fennel Essential Oil

Fennel Essential Oil

Fennel Esential oil is extracted from the ripe fruits. Tonic, antiseptic. Traditionally used as an antiseptic, aphrodisiac, soothing agent, muscle relaxant

Frankincense Essential Oil

Frankincense Essential Oil

Frankincense Essential Oil is extracted from the resin of the plant. Uplifting, relaxing. Rejuvenating, excellent for dry and mature skin. Anti-wrinkle, when added to creams and carrier oils.

Geranium Essential Oil

Geranium Essential Oil

Geranium Essential Oil is extracted from the flowers. Good skin, soother. A fresh floral and sweet smelling oil, geranium oil is balancing for the mind & body. It is balancing & calming, and relaxes, restores and maintains stability of the emotions.

 
Ginger Essential Oil

Ginger Essential Oil

Ginger Essential Oil is extracted from the flowers. Good skin, soother. A fresh floral and sweet smelling oil, geranium oil is balancing for the mind & body. It is balancing & calming, and relaxes, restores and maintains stability of the emotions.

Jasmin Essential Oil

Jasmin Essential Oil

Jasmin Essential Oil is extracted from the flowers. Uplifting, Relaxing, warming, de-stressing.

Juniper Essential Oil

Juniper Essential Oil

Juniper Essential Oil is extracted from the fruiting twigs. Tonic for greasy skins. Skin-toner - helps with cellulite & oily skin - antiseptic and astringent oil for bath and massage.

 
Lavender Essential Oil

Lavender Essential Oil

Lavender Essential Oil is extracted from the fresh flowering tops. Relaxing, positive. The most versatile and useful oil, Lavender has an abundance of uses. It relaxes and soothes the mind & body, and is number 1 for use in first aid kit at home.

Lemon Essential Oil

Lemon Essential Oil

Lemon Essential Oil is extracted from the peels of the fruit. Fresh Citrus Aroma. Antiseptic / antibacterial astringent

Lemon Grass Essential Oil

Lemon Grass Essential Oil

Lemon Grass Essential Oil is extracted from the partially dried leaves. It is a strengthening, uplifting, refreshing wake-up oil. Insect repellent (fleas, ticks, lice). Muscle ease, refreshes tired feet.

 
Lime Essential Oil

Lime Essential Oil

Lime Essential Oil is Anti-viral, anti-bacterial. Antiseptic, antiviral, and tonic. Helps cellulite.

Mandarin Essential Oil

Mandarin Essential Oil

Mandarin Essential Oil is extracted from the peels of the mandarin tree which originated in China. It has a sweet aroma and is believed to improve mood and "relieve anxiety".

Marigold Tagates Essential Oil

Marigold Tagates Essential Oil

Marigold Tagates Essential Oil is extracted from the flowering plants. Fungicidal, bactericidal, anti-fungal on feet. Good as a housefly and white fly deterrent.

 
Marjoram Essential Oil

Marjoram Essential Oil

Marjoram Essential Oil is extracted from the leaves of the herb. Fortifying. Muscle ease when used diluted in carrier oil as massage - useful for muscles after gym and sports activities or a hard day’s gardening.

Myrrh Essential Oil

Myrrh Essential Oil

Myrrh Essential Oil is extracted from the plant or resin. Antiseptic, astringent. Used in incense and perfumes.

Neroli Essential Oil

Neroli Essential Oil

Neroli Essential Oil is produced from the flowers. Helps to wind down. Beneficial to the skin, stretch marks and mature skin especially.

 
Nutmeg Essential Oil

Nutmeg Essential Oil

Nutmeg Essential Oil is extracted from the inner nuts. A natural flavouring. Used in alcoholic & soft drinks. Great to vapourise with orange and clove, especially during winter nights.

Orange Essential Oil

Orange Essential Oil

Orange Essential Oil is extracted from the ripe peel. Refreshing, stimulating. Muscle ease/relaxant - useful at night-time for a calming sleep, blend with lavender or neroli. Vapourises well on a diffuser. Skin conditioner. Contains vitamins A, B, & C.

Patchouli Essential Oil

Patchouli Essential Oil

Patchouli Essential Oil is extracted from the dried fermented leaves. Used in perfumery, where it can act as a natural fixative. Musky, sweet, persistent fragrance. Anti-cellulite. Anti-fungal. Antiseptic.

 
Peppermint Essential Oil

Peppermint Essential Oil

Peppermint Essential Oil is invigorating, refreshing. Mental stimulant - good to use when studying (but not last thing at night).

Petitgrain Essential Oil

Petitgrain Essential Oil

Petitgrain Essential Oil is obtained from the same plant as Neroli but using the twigs, leaves and unripe fruit of the bitter orange tree. Hence ‘petitgrain’ - ‘little grains’.

Pine Essential Oil

Pine Essential Oil

Pine Essential Oil is obtained from the fir needles. Antiseptic, Stimulating. Invigorating in bath (use diluted). Hair tonic. Disinfectant, deodorant

 
Rose Essential Oil

Rose Essential Oil

Rose Essential Oil is a very positive oil. Rose Maroc is often used in skin preparations. It has rejuvenating, uplifting, relaxing, and de-stressing properties.

Rose Geranium Essential Oil

Rose Geranium Essential Oil

Rose Geranium Essential Oil is obtained from the flowers, leaves and stalks. It is used for flavouring and in perfumery. A fresh floral and sweet smelling oil, balancing for the mind & body. It relaxes, restores and maintains stability of the emotions. . Balancing / calming - relaxes, restores and maintains stability of the emotions.

Rosemary Essential Oil

Rosemary Essential Oil

Rosemary Essential Oil is extracted from the twigs and flowering tops. Antiseptic, cleansing. Stimulant, helps mental clarity and revive poor memory.

 
Rosewood Essential Oil

Rosewood Essential Oil

Rosewood Essential Oil is extracted from the twigs and flowering tops of the shrub. Rosewood is a very safe oil, suitable for the most sensitive skins, and has a tonic effect on the body.

Sandalwood Essential Oil

Sandalwood Essential Oil

Sandalwood Essential Oil is obtained from the bark and branches. Relaxing. Useful to vaporise - can mix with Cedarwood and other woody oils on vaporiser. Sandalwood Mysore is better suited for massage and bath essence.

Spikenard Essential Oil

Spikenard Essential Oil

Spikenard Essential Oil is extracted from the rhizome of a plant native to the Himalayan mountains. Spikenhard was once very precious and only used by Eastern Kings and is mentioned in the Bible. Antifungal. Rejuvenating.

 
Tea Tree Essential Oil

Tea Tree Essential Oil

Tea Tree Essential Oil is obtained from the leaves and twigs of the plant. The Aborigines in north eastern New South Wales in Australia have used tea tree as a healing herb for centuries. Antiseptic. It’s 11 to 13 times as strong as carbolic acid. Powerful antiseptic.

Thyme Essential Oil

Thyme Essential Oil

Thyme Essential Oil is obtained from the flowering plant. Insect repellent. Antibacterial, antiseptic. muscle ease - useful after sports activities or as athletic massage well diluted in a carrier oil.

Ylang Ylang Essential Oil

Ylang Ylang Essential Oil

Ylang Ylang Essential Oil is obtained from the fresh picked flowers. A small tropical tree whose name means ‘Flower of flowers’ Attractive fragrance used on its own. Sensual, relaxing. If used too strongly the perfume can be overbearing and cause headaches.