Myrtle Essential Oil

Product Details Note : Before we start, there has been a huge boom in the number of Essential Oils coming out of Australia, called myrtles, honey myrtle, lemon myrtle, pineapple myrtle… It should be noted that these should not be confused with the common garden  Myrtle Essential Oil . Scientific Name: Myrtus Communis Origin: Tunisia Plant Part: Leaves Scent: Fresh, bitter, herbaceous Color: Clear to pale green Consistency: Thin Perfumery Note: Middle to top Initial Aroma Strength: Moderate Extraction Method: Steam Distillation Suitable Blending Oils: Clinical fragrances like Eucalyptus and Tea Tree, herbs like Lavender and Chamomile, spices like Cinnamon and Clove. Breaking Down the Myrtle Essential Oil’s Key Chemical Components Common Myrtle (Myrtus Communis) is the only European member of the Myrtaceae family that includes tea tree, manuka, and kanuka in other countries. Perhaps then the chemistry of Myrtle Essential Oil will come as no surprise. Alpha Pinene: 52.43% Limonene: 17.3% 1,8 Cineole: 10.69% It is native to the Mediterranean area and has adapted well to the poor, dry soils found there. It is a small evergreen tree with aromatic, pointed, ovate leaves. Throughout the summer, the shrub gets covered in dainty five-petalled flowers which have dominant yellow stamens that bees adore. The leaves smell wonderful but have quite a bitter taste, which is well beloved in Middle Eastern cooking. Leaves are often placed into ovens where bread is baking, for example. Historical Uses of Myrtle Essential Oil Poor old Myrtle Essential Oil, J K Rowling did her no favors at all. Far from being “Moaning Myrtle”, Myrtle Essential Oil is loving, balanced, and incredibly powerful at taking care of our bodies. When you look at the chemistry of Myrtle Essential Oil, it probably becomes more obvious why it was one of the most important plants of the ancient world. Native to the Mediterranean, and enjoying fragrance and evergreen leaves, it became an important ingredient for medicine and sacred rituals. The first historical mention of myrtle appears in a recipe of plants that were used to please the Sumerian gods, which dates to around  2100 BCE. Records show that stalks and leaves were burned to accompany incantations and sacrifices. Eventually, myrtle would become a symbol and beloved plant to invoke their goddess, Ishtar, and as such, a mantle of the Divine Feminine. Myrtle Essential Oil in The Ancient World? Myrtle Essential Oil would not have been used in the ancient world, since we do not think distillation was invented until around the 12th century. Their medicines tended to be decoctions of the wood leaves and berries in wine, or the powder pulverized and made into a paste. So why are we interested in the history of how Myrtle was used? Today, we are only just beginning to re-understand how the mind and body are related and thus how spiritual uses for plants can often influence the body too. The ancients always saw medicine this way, but sadly, in most