A refreshing lemony, herbal aroma! contains high quantities of geranial and neral—together known as “citral.”
Popular in some Asian dishes like Tom Yam but also a good company for drinking tea.
The high citral content in lemongrass make it a powerful choice for cleaning the whole house. Use it for areas where germs and fungi like to gather, such as the shower stall.
While lemongrass’s aroma is calming, very popular in aromatherapy so it is very good to put a drop mix with water in diffuser or direct use in nebulizer.
Plant Part: Leaves
Aromatic Scent: Sweet, Dry, and Herbaceous-floral
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Popularly used to help repel mosquitoes and other insects that come around causing mischief.
While the aroma is enchanting for humans and can inspire refreshed, it is also helpful for reducing unwelcome pain and inflammation, make it a fantastic choice for DIY skin care blends formulated for clarifying and rejuvenating the skin.
Having a calming effect make it great for promoting sleep support.
Plant Part: Leaves
Aromatic Profile :citrusy, slightly fruity, fresh and sweet.
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Slightly warming, many used for herbal oils for famous for its remedial
qualities in treating stomach aches, common cold, nausea, alleviate sore muscles and joints, relieve cramping during menstruation and insect bites.
Cajeput also support a
healthy respiratory system and good to relieve flu and asthma symptoms.
Cajeput can be used as a natural household cleaning aid and is also helpful with insect management.
Plant Part: Leaves
Aromatic Profile : fresh, herbaceous, campherous with a slightly fruity characteristic.
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Most well known for its benefits for respiratory problems applications including helping to ease congestion and pressure, colds, flu, fever and bronchitis. It’s also a great essential oil to use in massage or other topical blends to ease muscular pain, arthritis is also effective as a support to aching muscles and joints from occasional overuse such a strenuous gym workout or with normal joint changes associated with the aging process.
Eucalyptus can stimulate healthy circulation, bringing a feeling of warmth to the body. It can
also be effective in stimulating mental focus.Refreshing, minty, strong aroma , stimulate creativity, sharpening the mind and senses, so you feel more alert and energized.
The properties is also helpful to reduce unwanted bacteria and viruses as well as reduce pain and inflammation.
Plant Part: Leaves
Aromatic Scent: Camphoraceous, herbaceous scent with soft woody undertone.
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Spicy, sweet, licorice-like aroma, is a traditional oil for healthy lung, especially when experiencing a cold, flu and cough.
Perfect oil when looking to formulate blends for reducing pain and inflammation. This essential oil may help reduce unwanted muscle spasms and unwanted viral activity.
Plant Part : Fruit – Seed
Aromatic Profile :sharp, and it possess an aroma that is reminiscent to licorice.
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A sweet, spicy, warm, slightly woodsy essential oil, smells just like the spice used for seasonal dishes.
It’s a popular aroma that stirs the spirit and ignites the
imagination, helping us engage in life with a full heart.
Help to improve minor pain and inflammation and ease unwanted muscle spasms by improving blood circulation
Plant Part : Seed
Aromatic Profile : spicy, sweet and woody. , but have much more fragrant.
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A warm, spicy exotic aroma. diffusing clove bud can help purify the air and
encourage vibrant health.
Popular for topical recovery muscles and joints, manage minor pain and inflammation, — though if too much have potentially skin irritating.
A strong anti bacterial, viral, or fungal activity.
Plant Part : Bud
Aromatic Profile : smells spicy, warming yet slightly bitter, slightly woody and is reminiscent in aroma to that of true clove buds but much stronger in aroma.
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Popular oil in medicine especially in dentistry as a local antiseptic, anaesthetic, and anti-inflammatory. Good to relieve the pain of dental surgery, tooth extractions, fillings, and root canals.
a drop of oil in warm water can be use for mouthwashes, put in cotton bud can relieve toothache.
Blend it with carrier oils can be use for massage oils giving warm effect, put in diffuser can function as anti bacterial, viral, or fungal activity.
Plant Part : Leaves
Aromatic Profile :Pungent, spicy warm, clove like, woody.
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One of most popular oil for fragrance blending in the world due to the aroma complexity. Earthy, sweet, woody, spicy, balsamic, and even herbal notes. These nuances come together for an intensely relaxing scent.
Calming everything make it very popular for meditation.
Perfect also for skincare to smoothing and rejuvenating the skin’s surface.
Plant Part: Leaves
Aromatic Profile :deep, earthy and woody.
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Earthy, smoky, woodsy, and sweet, vetiver essential oil has a rich aroma. Vetiver essential oil is often used as a base note providing fixative properties in perfume blends . It provides depth and balance to the overall aromatic profile.
Have relaxing effects a mysterious beauty of its scent.
Vetiver’s tranquil presence also makes it wonderful for skincare, especially to quiet redness.
Plant Part: Root
Aromatic Profile : woody, smoky, earthy, herbaceous and spicy.
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Spicy, strong, fresh scent, warming and soothing properties It’s also very popular in blends for the belly for relieve many kinds of discomfort, bloating, gassing and ease nausea.
Ginger is comforting after a big meal, or to feel steady and healthy while traveling.
Drops of ginger oil can also function as substitute for ginger flavoring in your favorite recipes.
Plant Part: Root
Aromatic Profile : smells warm, spicy, earthy and woody.
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Cinnamomum cassia
Cassia essential oil is a “warming” oils, this strong, scented oil is very warm and spicy . That wonderful aroma that is familiar in the spice world, is a favorite to create seasonal blends that bring the Holidays indoors.
This powerful oil can be used in a warming massage blend, but only
very little is needed.
Cassia is a great oil to
diffuse during cold months due to its warming properties and spicy
scent.
Plant Part: Leaves
Aromatic Profile : Warm, very spicy scent
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Lavendula angustifolia
“English lavender” is commonly used for L. angustifolia, though some references say the proper term is “Old English Lavender”. English lavender is Lavendula angustifolia. It is also call true Lavender ((formerly named L. officinalis).
Lavender has a sweet, floral, herbal scent and is also highly prized for its many therapeutic properties. The smell of Lavender alone can help produce a calm, peaceful tranquil environment.
Plant Part: Flowers
Aromatic Profile : Sweet, dry, and Herbaceous-floral, fresh, sweet, and sometimes slightly fruity. It can be slightly camphorous.
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Cananga odorata f. macrophylla
Also call as Cananga Java, oftern people mix up with Ylang-ylang which actually having many similarity in flower and smell. In perfumery, cananga essential oil has long been viewed as a less-expensive alternative to the very pricy Ylang-ylang
Cananga essential oil can helps reduce stress and promote calmness. It is soothing to the nervous system and the skin, it helps naturally improve mood and promote feelings of balance and peace. Add to a carrier oil for a romantic massage.
Plant Part : Flower
Aromatic Profile : Sweet, floral aroma and slightly woody.
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Refreshing, minty, strong aroma , stimulate creativity, sharpening the mind and senses, so you feel more alert and energized.
Popular choice as belly oil to relieve many kinds of discomfort and ease nausea. In low dilutions, peppermint oil is cooling, but in high concentrate become warming.
Perfect for clearing the respiratory system and can even help with allergy relief.
The properties is alos helpful to reduce unwanted bacteria and viruses as well as reduce pain and inflammation.
Plant Part : Leaves
Aromatic Profile : intensely minty
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Popular as one of culinary ingredients in many many popular dishes like “Soto” in Indonesia and Tom Yam in Thailand, This oils can stimulates appetite, help to reduce stress.
High concentrations of citronellol, limonene and nerol. these provide a unique aroma and flavor, but also a wide range of health benefits but also providing good insect repellent.
Plant Part : Leaves
Aromatic Profile : Strong citrus aroma, green.
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