Balancing & Harmonizing Blend

A five-oil blend of lavender, clary sage, geranium, patchouli and bergamot, layering floral, herbal, earthy and citrus notes. Lavender and geranium carry the flowers, clary sage adds a warm hay-like edge, patchouli sits underneath dark and damp like wet soil, and bergamot lifts the whole thing with citrus.

Lavender gives the sweet floral backdrop, clary sage depth and complexity, geranium a fresh and slightly herbaceous balance, patchouli a rich earthy grounding, and bergamot the uplifting citrus finish.

Blends like this are popular as diffuser blends and, once diluted, as scented massage oils. For external aromatic use only, never taken by mouth. This oil is photosensitising, so keep treated skin out of direct sunlight for twelve hours, or diffuse instead. Because it combines five oils, the scent changes over time as the bergamot fades and the patchouli and clary sage come forward, so give it a few minutes in the room before judging it.

How to use it

Diffuse 4 to 6 drops for a rounded, long-lasting room scent, dilute to 1 to 2% in a carrier oil for massage, or disperse a few drops in a tablespoon of carrier before adding it to a bath. Technique tip: patchouli deepens as it ages and will slowly take over an open bottle, so keep it tightly capped and pour from the top of the bottle rather than shaking hard first, which pulls the heaviest oil forward.

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Also known as

Lavender, Clary Sage, Geranium, Patchouli and Bergamot Blend, Floral Earthy Essential Oil Blend