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Geranium Essential Oil (pelargonium graveolens)

Geranium Essential Oil (pelargonium graveolens)

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Egyptian geranium essential oil is one of the most used oils and is also one of the commonest garden plants, blooming a large amount of colours and leaving the garden its tangy, sweet aroma throghout. Geranium oil was only discovered in the 1850s, and is now one of the most important and popular of the geranium essential oils. The Geranium odour has a delicate, floral, sweet and rose like aroma with a middle perfumery note. The geranium essential oil is steam distilled from the, leaves, flowers and stalks of the plant. The are many types of geranium, but the most common used in aromatherapy are the pelargonium graveolens geranium oil variety.

Latin name: Geranium Pelargonium.

Geranium Family: Geraniaceae.

Plant part used: The flowering plant/Flowers and leaves.

Extraction: By distillation of the flowering plant and leaves.

Geranium Fragrance: Sweet and heavy fragrance, a little like rose with minty overtones.

Oil combinations: Camomile, juniper berry and citrus oils mellow the sweet-scented oil. Chamomile also enhances its effectiveness.

With a delightful floral quality geranium essential oil blends well with most oils including: Basil, bergamot, Lemon, jasmine, lavender, mandarin, myrrh, myrtle, juniper, neroli, orange, patchouli, petitgrain, orange, ylang yland and rose.

Egyptian Geranium Oil Uses


Please remember that essential oils are for aromatherapy use only and are not for ingesting!

Pure geranium essential oil has a sweet, rosy aroma which makes it a widely used oil in commercial skin care products, with antiseptic, astringent and cicatrisant properties make it an excellent ingredient in home-made skin care products for combination to oily skins. Be creative with geranium essential oil for skin care and make to most of its skin care benefits.

Geranium Oil for The Home
Geranium oil can be used for a wide variety of uses around the home including making your own oil burner blends

Oil Burner Blend
If you are up late studying or need to work late, purfume your surroundings with an energizing and head-clearing blend for your oil burner. If you don't have an oil burner handy, just put about 4 drops of the blend onto a handkerchief or tissue and inhale deeply from time to time. You won't have a problem getting to sleep later, as inhaling essential oil is far better than drinking coffee late at night.

Midnight Burner Blend 1
2 drops pure geranium essential oil
2 drops pure rosemary essential oil
4 drops pure lemon essential oil

Midnight Burner Blend 2
2 drops pure geranium essential oil
1 drop pure peppermint essential oil
2 drops pure eucalyptus essential oil
2 drops pure lavender essential oil

Gernaium Bath Salts
Why not treat yourself or your freinds to a bottle of home-made bath salts. This is a recipe based on using dead sea mineral salts which are therapeutic and very relaxing, but without being to drying on the skin. Put your bath salts in to a plastic bag, add your essential oils and if you like some colour add food colouring, and lightly knead the bag with your hands until the salts are evenly coloured. Then you can transfer the salts to an attractive glass bottle. Make a gift tag if the salts are for a gift or you can buy one and attach it.

100g dead sea mineral bath salts
10 drops pure geranium essential oil
10 drops pure camomile or mandarin essential oil
About 2.5ml pink food colouring
Hand-made or bought gift tag

Geranium Oil Aromatherapy Uses



Benefits Of Geranium Essential Oil

On The Body
You can use geranium oil for cellulite and is also good for use in many skin care (most skin types, except very sensitive) and many other ailments such as poor circulation, haemorrhoids, facial neuralgia, shingles, athletes foot, head lice, burns and scalds, eczema and symptoms of PMS.

On The Mind
Geranium oil helps to alleviate mild depression, anxiety, nervous tensions and many other stress-related states. Use for uplifting the spirits and restoring energy levels.

Bath Oils Using Geranium Oil
Choose one of our mood elevating bath oil blends to help relaxation.

Eastern Promise Bath Blend
2.5ml diluted geranium essential oil
2 drops pure mandarin essential oil
1 drop pure palmarosa essential oil
1 drop pure ylang ylang essential oil

Sunset Bath Oil Blend
2.5ml diluted geranium essential oil
2 drops pure lavender essential oil
2 drops pure roman camomile essential oil

Rosy Bath Oil Blend
2.5ml diluted geranium essential oil
1 drop pure helichrysum essential oil
3 drops pure bergamot essential oil

Diy Projects
Make your own bath oil, geranium body oil, geranium massage oil blends, bath salts and skin tonics. With its sweet rosy aroma the geranium oil will make lovely oil burner blends and home-made soy wax candles for your home.

Please allow an extra 2/3 days delivery for 500ml and 1 litre size essential oils.

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