Myrtle, Lemon Essential Oil

Botanical Name: Backhousia citriodora
Botanical Family: Myrtaceae
Extraction Method: Steam distilled
Part of Plant Distilled: Leaves and young branches
Country of Origin: Australia
Cultivation Method: Organic
Composition: 100% Backhousia citriodora
Consistency: Thin viscosity

Scent Description

Lively lemon squeaky-clean scent, lemonier than lemon.

Blends well with

Honey Myrtle, Fragonia, Bergamot, Myrtle, Frankincense, Lavender, Ylang, Geranium, Palmarosa, Thyme, Marjoram, Inula, Petitgrain, Peppermint, and Sage.

Uses

Delightful to diffuse and use in our salt pipe to revive respiration. Clear the air and clean spaces by adding this oil to mop water, dish soap, bathroom cleaners, and counter-top sprays. Enjoy in baths, deodorants, and massage blends. Skin serums with Lemon Myrtle cleanse acne prone skin and congested pores. Lends its lemony goodness to sorbets, salad dressings, and raw cake culinary creations and colognes.

Contraindications

The oil’s high citral content might make it a possible skin sensitization for some – dilute to use on skin.

ESSENTIAL OIL ANALYSIS >

Lemon Myrtle is also known as Lemon Ironwood, or Sweet Verbena Tree. It is newer to the plant pantheon of distilled essences yet quickly becomes a fragrant favorite as it blasts its good-feeling fragrance from the bottle into your brain.

The reason for Lemon Myrtle Essential Oil’s uplifting cheer is that it contains serious amounts of citral (95%!), along with neral and geranial.

Organic Ingredients

100% lemon myrtle (Backhousia citriodora) essential oil.