Rose Essential Oil
Soothing, balancing and healing...
truly the "queen" of essential oils
Rose essential oil is one of the most delightful - and most treasured - of all the oils.
Something about its soft floral scent just makes you feel more peaceful.
Rose oil is good for nearly every system in the body.
It softens and heals your skin, balances your hormones, supports your heart, lungs, liver, stomach and blood.
And, to top it all off, rose helps ease feelings of grief, sadness, fear and anger.
Rose oil is a natural aphrodisiac, and exchanging massages with your partner using a few drops of rose essential oil diluted in a
carrier oil can be a wonderful way to spend some quality time in a relationship.
Rose oil (also called rose otto or attar of rose) is very expensive. Here's why: It takes about 60,000 roses (about 180 lb) to make one ounce ( 30 ml) of rose otto essential oil.
Luckily, its aroma is strong and rich, so a little goes a long way!
Be careful when shopping for rose oil - some suppliers dilute their rose essential oil with the less expensive palmarosa oil to 'stretch' it.
Make sure you do your research if you want good quality (and with rose oil, you really do!)
Botanical Name and Characteristics
Rosa damascena
Rose bushes grow to various heights and carry sweet, fragrant flowers which range from deep red to white and yellow.
Sweet, floral scent that is rich, complex and long-lasting.
Therapeutic Action
- lifts mood, comforts the spirit
- reduces stress, anxiety, tension and fear
- aphrodisiac
- relieves pain by reducing inflammation
- balances hormones; helpful for PMS and menopause
- tonic for the heart and digestive system
- softens and repairs dry or mature skin; heals skin conditions such as eczema
- detoxifying
- disinfectant
Blending
Rose's strong, long-lasting top note blends well with all oils, and especially well with bergamot,
chamomile, clary sage, geranium, rosewood, sandalwood and ylang ylang.
Cautions
Do not use during pregnancy.
Buy Rose Oil
Click here to buy rose essential oil
from Mountain Rose Herbs (scroll a tiny way down the page; they're in alphabetical order.)
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 rose 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!
Buyer Beware: Don't be fooled by the label - if it says "fragrance oil" it's a synthetic imitation of the real thing.
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