Myrtle Essential Oil
Myrtle Essential Oil. Myrtle is a coarse, stiff, shrub or small, slender, tree; from to 3-8 feet. The bark is brownish-gray and smooth; leaves narrow at the base. Leaves oblong to lance-shaped, 1-4 inches long, reduced at the tip of the branches, often sparingly toothed, dark green and shiny above, paler and sometimes hairy beneath; leathery, evergreen, with waxy globules. The green berries are covered, when mature, with a pale blue, lavender or grayish-white aromatic wax in microscopic rounded particles used in making candles which burn with a pleasing fragrance. Essential oil is steam distilled from the leaf.
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| Botanical Name: | Myrtus communis L. |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Synonyms: | Corsican pepper |
| See Also: | True myrtle |
| Parts Used: | Leaves and twigs |
| Extraction Method: | Steam Distillation |
| Appearance: | Pale yellow to orange liquid |
| Aroma Description: | Sweet, fresh, camphorous, herbaceous |
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| Consistancy: | Thin |
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| Historical Uses: | Myrtle has been used commercially for many years in men’s soaps, cosmetics, colognes, and hair tonics. |
| Modern Uses: | It has been used to control dandruff, promote hair growth, treat muscular aches, neuralgia, rheumatism and poor circulation. Used in fruity flavours; in herbaceous fragrance compounds for cosmetic perfumery (ex.shampoo) |
| Cautions: | Non toxic, non irritant, non sensitizing. |
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