Relaxation Blend

This blend brings together lavender, sweet orange and Roman chamomile oils. Lavender sets a floral, fresh, faintly herbaceous base, sweet orange lifts it with a bright, sugary citrus note like fresh peel, and Roman chamomile adds a light, apple-like sweetness underneath. The three layer into something soft and rounded rather than sharp.

Each oil keeps its own character in the mix: lavender long featured in evening fragrance blends, sweet orange bringing the brightness, and Roman chamomile the gentle finish.

How to use it

Add four or five drops to a diffuser to scent a room, or dilute at about 2%, roughly 12 drops in 30ml of a carrier oil such as sweet almond or jojoba, for a massage oil. A few drops stirred into a tablespoon of carrier oil can go into a warm bath. The technique tip: because sweet orange is a citrus oil it evaporates first, so the blend smells brightest in the opening minutes and more floral after twenty. Diffuse in short bursts if you want the citrus, and let it run longer if you prefer the lavender and chamomile to come forward. For external aromatic use only; dilute in a carrier oil before skin use.

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Also known as

Lavender, Sweet Orange and Roman Chamomile Blend, floral citrus diffuser blend