Bergamot Essential Oil

Happy, relaxing, uplifting

It has a delicious, fresh citrus scent that cheers you up and calms you down at the same time - perfect for those cranky days when even chocolate doesn't work.

Bergamot oil is excellent for helping to ease depression, stress, tension, fear and hysteria. It's good for building confidence and also helps promote restful sleep.

Botanical Name and Characteristics

The bergamot tree grows up to 15 feet (4 meters) high and has smooth leaves and star-shaped flowers, with pear-shaped citrus fruit that are like a cross between an orange and a grapefruit.

Bergamot essential oil is extracted from the peel.

The essential oil has a fruity, sweet, warm, spicy, floral citrus scent.

Therapeutic Action

• calms buzzing, jittery nerves
• lifts mood
• reduces anxiety, nervous tension and stress
• promotes sleep
• helps relieve fatigue
• refreshes and improves mental alertness
• balances the nervous system
• fights infection
• promotes recovery from illness
• helps reduce cellulite
• disinfectant

Blending

Cautions

Bergamot oil is one of the quicker essential oils to go rancid, so buy in small quantities and store it in a cool, dark place. Click here to learn more about essential oil storage.

Buy Bergamot Essential Oil

I always recommend Mountain Rose first because I like and trust them. Their quality is excellent, their prices are good, and many of their essential oils are organic (and all of them are therapeutic grade.)

Or you could shop for bergamot essential oil at Amazon. They have a number of different brands available at a variety of prices. (Just remember, you get what you pay for.) Happy hunting!

In terms of recommending suppliers, there's lots of really good suppliers out there, but I keep balking at the price. I can't in good conscience send you to a supplier whose quality is similar to Mountain Rose but who charges considerably (or even a little) more. I wouldn't do it myself, and I won't recommend it to you.

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Or use the search box below to find recipes with bergamot oil in them.

Simply type in "bergamot" (without the quotes) and hit Search. Every page on this website that includes the word Bergamot will pop up. Poke through them and decide what recipe to try next.