Discover Neroli Essential Oil

Did you know there are 3 oils derived from the bitter orange tree (Citrus x aurantium), also known as the Seville orange?

Neroli essential oil is derived from the flowers (orange blossoms), the fruit peel produces bitter orange essential oil and Petitgrain oil comes from the leaves and twigs.

Neroli is still a rare and precious floral oil despite this because it takes a lot of labour to produce a low yield. Every tiny neroli blossom must be hand picked during the correct time of the flowering cycle and quickly steam distilled. It takes 40 pounds of freshly picked blossoms to create one 15 mL bottle of pure Neroli essential oil.

Neroli oil instills relaxation, uplifts mood, reduces feelings of anxiousness, and promotes overall well-being.

Helpful during times of stress, anxiousness, or discouragement, Neroli offers emotionally calming benefits.

Usage Tips:

• Apply topically to your skin help soothe the skin and to reduce the appearance of blemishes.
• Combine Neroli Touch with Lavender, Ylang Ylang, and Marjoram essential oils for a relaxing and aromatic massage experience.
• Apply to pulse points throughout the day to uplift your mood.
• Use when you are feeling anxious or stressed.
• Neroli can be worn as a perfume to encourage creativity and self-expression.
• Wearing Neroli can encourages feelings of love and romance. 

What Does Neroli Oil Smell Like?

Its evocative aroma has citrus and floral notes.

Like Rose, Neroli is considered a complete and well-balanced fragrance by itself. It also blends well with other oils, including floral, wood, and citrus oils.

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Discover Lemon Eucalyptus Essential Oil

Did you know Lemon Eucalyptus is a tall tree native to northern Australia?

Its flowers make it a great plant to grow to encourage bees and butterflies.

Like its name suggests, Lemon Eucalyptus essential oil is derived from a blue gum eucalypti plant which is also known as the lemon scented gum tree as well as the blue spotted gum tree! 

Although it is known as Lemon Eucalyptus and it has a lemony aroma, it is not a citrus oil.

The oil is known for its refreshing aroma that helps create an invigorating environment. 

Lemon Eucalyptus oil is high in cleansing citronellal and citronellol, making this essential oil ideal for surface and skin cleansing. 

Lemon Eucalyptus can be used to clear and refresh the air. 

Keep Lemon Eucalyptus oil on hand when you are in need of a boost.

Uses

• Add to a spray bottle to cleanse surfaces and refresh any room and for an extra kick add some drops of lemon or lime essential oil.
• Diffuse especially in the morning to encourage a positive environment with a bright, fresh scent.
• Add one to two drops to the palm of your hands, rub together, and inhale deeply to uplift and brighten your day.
• During your skin care routine, add one to two drops of Lemon Eucalyptus oil to your favourite doTERRA skin cleanser to enjoy the purifying and cleansing benefits of this oil.
• Blend three to four drops in Fractionated Coconut Oil for a soothing, uplifting massage and to feel rejuvenated.

Directions for Use

Diffusion: Use three to four drops in the diffuser of your choice.
Topical use: Apply one to two drops to desired area. Dilute with a carrier oil to minimise any skin sensitivity. See additional precautions below. 

Lemon Eucalyptus mixes well with Spearmint, Lime, Lemon, Clary Sage and Black Pepper.

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Discover Clove Essential Oil

Discover more about Clove Essential Oil

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION 

The benefits and uses of clove date back to ancient China and India. 

Clove gets its name from the Latin word clavus, meaning “nail.” because the buds of clove resemble small tacks or nails.

As a cooking spice, Clove adds a spicy flavour to any dish or dessert.

Clove is also widely used in dental preparations, candy, and gum, for its flavour. 

BENEFITS

Commonly recognised as a ground household spice, Clove can be utilised outside of the kitchen with its unique and powerful properties. 

• Its warm and spicy characteristics make Clove essential oil ideal to incorporate into seasonal recipes.
• Frequently used in desserts for its invigorating flavour and aromatic fragrance such as sugar cookies.
• Clove oil has been used in candies, gum, and dental preparations due to its ability to cleanse the mouth and help freshen breath. 

USES 

• Instead of using dry clove, use Clove oil to taste when baking treats.
• Add two drops of Clove to water for spicy flavour.
• Place a single drop of Clove oil in two ounces of water and gargle for a soothing effect. 
• Add one drop of Clove oil to your toothpaste, which will promote clean teeth and fresh breath.
• For an extra clean feeling, apply one drop of Clove oil to your teeth and gums after your six month appointment with your dentist.
• Add two or three drops of Clove oil to a doTERRA Veggie Capsule and take internally to support cardiovascular health. DIRECTIONS FOR USE: For food flavouring. 
• Clove oil is a helpful addition to a homemade potpourri concoction, especially if you are trying to fill your home with the warm scents of autumn and winter. Use Cinnamon, Cassia, Vetiver, Wild Orange, Ginger, Cardamom, Clove oil, and your other favourite oils to add aroma to your home.
• For a warming sensation to the skin use oil in your massage therapy. Clove oil is known as a hot oil, and should always be diluted with Fractionated Coconut Oil. 
• If you want to enjoy the benefits of a calming, warm massage at home, you can also combine Clove oil with the doTERRA Hand and Body lotion.
• Experience the invigorating scent of Clove oil by diffusing it during the fall and winter seasons. For a stimulating diffuser blend, diffuse three drops of Clove oil, two drops of Cinnamon, and one drop of Wild Orange oil in the essential oil diffuser of your choice.
• Use clove in a homemade sugar scrub to exfoliate your skin.

Sugar scrubs are a great way to exfoliate and soften your skin, and can easily be customised using different types of sugar, salt, oil, and essential oil. This festive fall sugar scrub is gentle on your skin and has a delicious, spicy fall aroma. This scrub is naturally white in colour, but can be changed with natural, skin-safe, food colouring.

 

Ingredients

¾ cup white sugar 

½ cup Fractionated Coconut Oil 

4 drops Cassia oil

4 drops Clove oil

2–4 drops Ginger oil

 

Tip: You can use brown sugar or sea salt in place of white sugar. You can also use almond oil, grapeseed oil, or olive oil in place of Fractionated Coconut Oil.

 

Instructions

Combine sugar and Fractionated Coconut Oil in bowl.

Add essential oils.

Stir until the mixture is the consistency of a slushy. You may need to add more sugar or Fractionated Coconut Oil for desired consistency.

For separate colours, divide scrub into separate bowls and add colour, then carefully pour each layer.

Plant Description

Clove needs a tropical, humid environment, to grow and the Clove oil is created out of the unopened or dried flower buds. The clove tree, or Eugenia caryophyllata, can live up to 100 years and is a member of the myrtle family whose leaves, flowers, and buds are highly aromatic—making it useful for essential oil production.

Chemistry of Clove Essential Oil

Main Chemical Component: Eugenol

Eugenol contributes to the energising fragrance of Clove oil. Eugenol has the potential to assist gastrointestinal motility. Eugenol is also used in several dentistry applications, which is why the oil from clove buds is often noted for its benefits for oral care.

Oils that blend well with Clove essential oil

Clove oil blends well with essential oils that have similar properties. Spicy essential oils like Wild Orange, Frankincense, Cassia, Cedarwood, Ginger, and Cinnamon blend well with Clove oil due to their warm aromatic characteristics. 

Clove oil also blends well with sweet, herbaceous essential oils like Roman Chamomile and Fennel oil.

• CAUTION: Only use diluted on your skin. Keep out of eyes, inner ears, face, sensitive areas, and mucosa. In case of skin contact, dilute generously with a carrier oil.

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Discover Melissa Essential Oil

Want to know more about Melissa Essential Oil?

As a rare and expensive oil Melissa has lots of uses and benefits.

It may surprise you to learn the name “Melissa” comes from the Greek word for honey bee. 

It is also known as lemon balm due to the sweet, fresh, citrus-like fragrance of Melissa, which was known to attract honeybees. 

Melissa has been used as part of traditional health practices in Europe for over 2,000 years.

One of it's main benefits is it has a positive effect on your mood. Not only that it can help to calm your feelings when you apply it topically.

PRIMARY BENEFITS  

• When used topically, Melissa can help promote feelings of relaxation. 
• Two of the main chemical constituents of Melissa essential oil are geranial and neral. These two chemicals contain soothing properties that make this essential oil a perfect oil for relaxation. 
• Melissa essential oil is valued for its fresh, sweet, and citrus-like aroma which is uplifting. 
• Melissa is known for its soothing properties and its ability to help calm tension and to make you feel calmer and less anxious. 
• Melissa may help support a healthy immune system when taken internally
Applying Melissa essential oil to your skin will help lessen feelings of stress and promote emotional well-being.
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USES 

• To help your immune system, dilute one drop of Melissa essential oil into 4 fl. oz. of liquid and drink.
• You can also take Melissa essential oil internally by putting Melissa oil into a veggie capsule and ingesting it like a dietary supplement.
• To help support your body’s immune system, place one to two drops of Melissa essential oil under the tongue or on the roof of the mouth and then swallow. Directly placing an
• appropriate quantity of Melissa essential oil into your mouth is an easy and quick way to receive the internal benefits of Melissa oil.
• In the kitchen, Melissa oil can be used to flavour a variety of different foods and drinks such as teas, ice cream, and some fish dishes.
• Add to moisturiser to rejuvenate your skin and refresh your mind.
• Add Melissa oil to your moisturiser or to a spray bottle with water and spritz your face.
• Rub on your forehead, shoulders, or chest for feelings of calm and to promote emotional well-being.
• After a long day, let your mind and body relax and unwind with a massage featuring Melissa essential oil.
• Use Melissa oil before bedtime to promote a relaxing environment by diffusing it.
• For optimal relaxation, apply Melissa oil topically or put a few drops of Melissa oil into a diffuser.
• Before a stressful event, whether it is a speech, presentation or performance, to calm your nerves apply one to two drops of Melissa essential oil to the palms of your hands and cup your hands over your nose and inhale.

OILS THAT BLEND WELL WITH MELISSA ARE:

Citrus oils as well as dōTERRA On Guard®, Geranium, Lavender, Rose, Basil, and Frankincense essential oils for diffusion.

DIRECTIONS FOR USE 

For massage, mix 5 drops with 10 ml carrier oil. 

For bath, mix 5 drops with 5 ml carrier oil. 

For perfuming, mix 1 drop to 10 drops carrier oil. 

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Discover Lemongrass Essential Oil

Discovering Lemongrass Essential Oil

Did you know doTERRA aims to help small farmers across the globe to have a living through growing the plants which make their wonderful oils?

Lemongrass is a great example. It is grown by family farmers in Southern India. 

How Lemongrass Oil is made.

It is labour intensive to harvest lemongrass because it is harvested by hand using a sickle, but for generations it has been a way of life for Southern Indian families. Southern India has high levels of rain fall in the area which creates a higher citral content in the lemongrass to make it superior for essential oil use.

It is a five mile hike up a steep mountain for the farmers during harvest time and they work for roughly seven days to harvest a 100-acre plantation. 

Once the lemongrass is harvested and gathered, the farmers walk the five miles back down the mountain, each carrying a lemongrass bundle on top of their head.

Lemongrass is steam distilled and goes through stages of refining, filtration, and blending. 

The oil then undergoes a series of tests before it qualifies for export—the oil must be of the highest quality to be acceptable to distribute and to meet the high standards demanded by doTERRA so you get the very best essential oil. 

Lemongrass is a citrus and smoky essential oil with a refreshing and herbaceous aroma which has many benefits.

You may recognise it as an ingredient used in Asian cuisine for soups, teas, curries, and seafood and when used internally can support healthy digestion.

It's pungent aroma makes Lemongrass a good oil for massage.

It has purifying benefits for the skin.

It also promotes a positive outlook.  

You can use it topically, aromatically, or internally.

Lemongrass Essential Oil Uses and Benefits

• Lemongrass includes aldehydes, which are known for their ability to maintain healthy gastrointestinal function when ingested. Add a few drops of Lemongrass oil to your food or beverages to add flavour and provide dietary support. 
• For healthy digestive function place a few drops in a doTERRA Veggie Capsule.
• For even better benefits to your digestive system try combining Lemongrass oil with Peppermint oil.
• Lemongrass has been a common ingredient to add flavour to Asian soups, curries, beef, fish, teas, and more. It is also widely used in baked goods or candies in the food industry because of its distinct flavour.  Add a few drops to entrees or meat dishes. 
• The aldehydes in Lemongrass essential oil have another benefit. They help to naturally repel insects, bugs and mosquitos. Try diffusing Lemongrass essential oil inside or outside or applying it topically to your skin to help keep bugs away. 
• If you are feeling nervous or have mental fatigue pop some drops of lemongrass into your diffuser.
• Diffusing lemongrass can help give you a more positive outlook and heighten your awareness.
• To quickly get the aromatic benefits of Lemongrass, place one drop in the palm of your hand, rub your hands together, and inhale softly for up to 30 seconds or longer as desired.
• Lemongrass is a soothing oil with purifying benefits for the skin, making it a great oil for massage along with the refreshing aroma. 
•  If you use Lemongrass essential oil for massage, dilute it with a carrier oil like doTERRA Fractionated Coconut Oil. Apply the diluted oil to muscles and joints for a soothing sensation that makes for a tranquil massage.
• You can utilise the soothing qualities of Lemongrass after exercise. 
• You can also dilute Lemongrass and apply it after a long run for a refreshing feeling. 
• Lemongrass contains purifying and toning benefits for the skin, and can be used in your skin care routine to help promote pure, toned skin. 
• Add a few drops of Lemongrass essential oil to your daily cleanser or moisturiser to help tone and purify skin. 
• Similar to TeaTree, Lemongrass oil can also help promote the appearance of healthy fingernails and toenails. To experience these benefits of Lemongrass, try combining it with TeaTree essential oil and apply the mixture to your fingernails and toenails to help them look and feel clean.

Looking for an essential oil recipe that uses Lemongrass essential oil?

Coconut Lemongrass Red Lentil Soup and enjoy the unique flavours of Lemongrass, ginger root, coconut milk, lentils, and more.

Warm and satisfying, this soup is great for any occasion.

Ingredients
2 tablespoons coconut oil
2 large onions, peeled and chopped
4 cloves garlic finely chopped or pressed
1 tablespoons fresh ginger root, minced
1–2 drops Lemongrass oil
4 tablespoons tomato paste
4 carrots, peeled and chopped
4 tablespoons curry powder
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
8 cups vegetable broth
2 cans coconut milk
4 cups fresh tomatoes, chopped
3 cups dried red lentils
4–6 handfuls baby spinach
Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions  

1. Heat coconut oil over medium heat; add onion, garlic, and fresh ginger. Cook until onion is translucent then add carrots and sauté five to seven minutes.
2. Add tomato paste, curry powder, and red pepper flakes; cook for another one to two minutes stirring constantly until all vegetables are coated and flavours combined.
3.  Add vegetable broth, coconut milk, diced tomatoes, and lentils. Cover and bring to a boil on medium high heat; reduce to simmer (low heat).
4. Add Lemongrass essential oil and cook for approx. 30 minutes until lentils are cooked through. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
5. Add spinach and stir until wilted.
6. Garnish with one tablespoon fresh chopped cilantro and one tablespoon sour cream.

Tip: Add some brown sugar for a sweeter curry taste.

Plant Description

The evergreen lemongrass plant, also known as Cymbopogon flexuosus, is a tall, perennial plant native to India and other surrounding countries. 

Lemongrass has long, aromatic leaves that are cut and steam-distilled to produce Lemongrass essential oil. 

The lemongrass plant is often used to extract essential oil to be used in perfumes, detergents, soaps, etc. The oil can also be taken internally, which makes lemongrass quite popular in the food industry for baked goods, gums, and candies.

Chemistry of Lemongrass Oil

Main Chemical Components: Geranial, neral

The chemical makeup of Lemongrass essential oil includes the constituents geranial and neral, which are aldehydes. 

Aldehydes are known for their distinctly potent fragrances.

Aldehydes in Lemongrass essential oil can also help cleanse surfaces and can even lessen feelings of stress when diffused. 

Essential oils with geranial and neral are soothing aldehydes and are particularly known for helping to maintain healthy gastrointestinal function when used internally. 

Lemongrass has similarities in structure with Melissa oil and both are both soothing oils.

Oils that Blend Well With Lemongrass Oil

Because Lemongrass oil includes subtle citrus notes; a pungent, smoky aroma; and a refreshing, herbaceous scent.

Blend it will oils with similar qualities such as the herbal scents of Basil, the fresh aroma of Spearmint, or the warm, spicy fragrance of Cardamom oil. 

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