Essential Oils - (A-Z)

Spearmint  Botanical Name: Mentha Spicata Botany and Origins: Spearmint is a hardy perennial herb with bright green, lance-shaped leaves and pink or lilac coloured flowers. Native to most of Europe and Asia, this warm and minty essential oil...

Pine (Needle) Botanical Name: Pinus Sylvestris Botany and Origins: Pine is an evergreen tree that grows up to 40 metres high and is extensively cultivated for its wood, pitch, turpentine and essential oil. This fresh scent blends well with...

Fennel  Botanical Name: Foeniculum Vulgare Dulce Botany and Origins: Fennel is a perennial herb with yellow flowers and feathery leaves, indigenous to Mediterranean shores but now widely cultivated in many parts of the world...

Lemongrass Botanical Name: Cymbopogon Flexuosus Botany and Origins: Lemongrass is a fast growing aromatic grass native to and commercially grown in India. Growing up to 1.5m high, this plant prefers warm temperate to tropical areas. Its...

Tea Tree  Botanical Name: Malaleuca Alternifolia Botany and Origins: Tea Tree is a native Australian tree with needle-like leaves and heads of flowers. Named by Captain Cook after observing Indigenous people using the leaves to brew tea,...

Rosemary  Botanical Name: Rosmarinus Officinalis Botany and Origins: Rosemary is a flowering plant with narrow fragrant leaves and blue-white flowers. It is commercially grown in Mediterranean countries and its invigorating essential oil...

May Chang  Botanical Name: Litsea Cubeba Botany and Origins: May Chang is a tropical tree native to south-east Asia with lemon-scented flowers and small pepper shaped fruits. This uplifting essential oil blends well with Basil, Bergamot,...

Mandarin  Botanical Name: Citrus Reticulata Botany and Origins: Mandarins are a sweet citrus fruit from an evergreen tree that originates from China but is now cultivated in Australia. This sweet, cheerful essential oil blends well with...

Lemon  Botanical Name: Citrus Limonum Botany and Origins: Lemon grows on a small evergreen tree with green oval leaves and highly perfumed pink/white flowers. This mouth-watering fruit ripens yellow and its zesty essential oil blends...

Orange  Botanical Name: Citrus Sinensis Botany and Origins: Orange fruit is from an evergreen tree with dark green leaves and fragrant white flowers. It originates from China and is now grown in Australia. This stimulating essential...

Eucalyptus Botanical Name: Eucalyptus Globulus Botany and Origins: Eucalyptus is a widely cultivated tree native to Australia, in which koalas live. The essential oil has a cooling and refreshing menthol scent which blends well with...

Cedarwood Botanical Name: Juniperus Virginiana Botany and Origins: Cedarwood is a slow growing evergreen tree, that can grow to 900 years. It is from the Cupressaceae coniferous family and is native to eastern North America, from the central...