Category: Essential Oils

Vanilla planifolia‘ Caxixanath – mysterious flower’ is what the Maya call the sacred Vanilla vine. Vanilla is a climbing orchid species native to the rainforest of Central America. It drapes itself around its host tree …

Veteveria zizanoidesRelated to the family of fragrant grasses that also gives us Citronella and Palmarosa, Vetivert surprises with the depth and darkness of its scent, which some people love, but others find offensive. Vetivert is …

Viola odorata Violets are lovely harbingers of spring. Early in the season when the sun barely warms the ground they put out their lovely violet flowers, a promise of the coming season. In mythology, Violets …

Gaultheria procumbens Wintergreen is a small perennial woodland herb native to the forests of the northeastern United States and Canada. It is easy to confuse them with Bearberries – both are members of the heather …

Achillea millefolium Yarrow received its Latin name from the Greek hero Achilles, son of the Sea-Goddess Thetis and the mortal king Peleus. Wanting to make her son invulnerable, Thetis dipped him into the river Styx …

Achillea millefolium Yarrow and Blue Yarrow oil derive from the same source plant, the much-loved English Yarrow, Achillea millefolium. But how can these two oils be so different? The secret lies in the method of …

Cananga odorata‘ Flower of Flowers is the Malay name for Ylang Ylang, a small tropical tree that is native to the Philippines. The flower’s heady, sweet aroma seems particular to cultivated trees; wild ones are …