Essential Oils A-M

Essential oils are more than just beautiful aromas they are the concentrated life force of plants, carrying their scent, energy, and healing potential. For centuries, cultures around the world have turned to these potent extracts for physical relief, emotional support, and spiritual connection. Each drop holds a story: a flower blooming, a leaf soaking in sunlight, a tree rooted deep in the earth. When we work with essential oils, we’re reconnecting with nature’s quiet intelligence.

These oils are carefully gathered through processes like steam distillation or cold pressing, depending on the plant. Steam distillation gently draws the plant’s aromatic compounds into vapor, which is then cooled and collected as oil. Citrus oils are often cold-pressed from the peel to preserve their fresh, zesty vibrancy. At Purethica, we select only pure, unaltered oils ethically sourced, small-batch, and true to the plants they come from so you can trust what you’re using on your body and in your space.

Basil Oil (Sweet)

Sweet Basil essential oil offers both emotional and physical benefits. Emotionally, it uplifts the spirit, clears mental fatigue, and promotes focus, making it useful during times of stress or overwhelm. It supports clarity and reduces anxiety, acting as a gentle tonic for the nervous system.

Physically, sweet basil helps relieve headaches, muscle tension, and digestive discomfort such as bloating and cramping. Its anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties also support respiratory health and pain relief. The fresh, invigorating scent makes it ideal for mental alertness during work or study.

Bay Laurel Oil

Bay Laurel leaf essential oil offers a range of emotional and physical benefits. Emotionally, it helps boost confidence, mental clarity, and inner strength, making it useful during times of self-doubt or low motivation. It has a calming yet empowering effect that supports focus and courage.

Physically, Bay Laurel is known for its decongestant and immune-boosting properties, often used for colds, flu, and respiratory issues. It also supports lymphatic drainage and may help relieve muscle aches, joint pain, and inflammation. With its warm, spicy aroma, it can be both grounding and energizing, making it ideal for both emotional balance and physical resilience.

Bergamot Oil

Bergamot essential oil is valued for its uplifting and balancing effects on both the mind and body. Emotionally, it helps ease anxiety, sadness, and stress, promoting a sense of calm, joy, and emotional release. It’s especially helpful for those feeling tense, overwhelmed, or emotionally stuck.

Physically, bergamot supports the nervous system and may help regulate mood-related imbalances. It also has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, making it useful for skin concerns like acne or irritation. Its refreshing citrus aroma with subtle floral notes helps restore energy while soothing the senses. Bergamot is often used in blends for relaxation, emotional healing, and restoring optimism.

Black Pepper Oil

Black Pepper essential oil offers powerful support for both emotional resilience and physical vitality. Emotionally, it encourages strength, courage, and the release of emotional blocks, making it useful for overcoming fear, self-doubt, or indecision. It promotes inner motivation and can help bring clarity during times of hesitation.

Physically, black pepper stimulates circulation, warms the body, and eases muscle aches and joint pain. It’s also known for supporting digestion and detoxification by aiding the digestive system and boosting metabolism. With its spicy, energizing aroma, black pepper is often used to promote endurance, both mentally and physically. It blends well with grounding or citrus oils to enhance motivation and drive.

Cardamon Oil

Cardamom essential oil offers comforting and revitalizing benefits for both the mind and body. Emotionally, it soothes mental fatigue, uplifts the spirit, and brings clarity, especially during stressful or overwhelming times. It’s known to calm irritability while gently energizing the mind, making it useful for emotional balance and mental focus.

Physically, cardamom supports healthy digestion, easing nausea, indigestion, and cramping. It also has expectorant properties that help clear the respiratory system, making it beneficial during colds or congestion. Its warm, spicy-sweet aroma is both grounding and refreshing, promoting a sense of calm strength. Cardamom blends well with citrus, floral, and wood oils for a soothing yet invigorating effect.

Cedarwood Oil

Cedarwood essential oil is deeply grounding and calming, offering strong emotional and physical support. Emotionally, it promotes a sense of stability, inner strength, and peace, helping to ease anxiety, restlessness, and emotional overwhelm. It's often used to quiet the mind and encourage deep, restorative sleep.

Physically, cedarwood has anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties, making it useful for skin conditions like acne or eczema. It also supports respiratory health by helping to clear congestion and ease coughs. With its warm, woody aroma, cedarwood is excellent for grounding energy, promoting relaxation, and enhancing meditation or sleep rituals. It's a soothing oil for both the nervous system and the skin.

Chamomile Oil

Chamomile essential oil is well known for its gentle, calming properties that support both emotional and physical well-being. Emotionally, it helps soothe anxiety, irritability, and emotional tension, promoting a sense of peace, comfort, and emotional release. It’s especially beneficial for stress, insomnia, and mood swings.

Physically, chamomile is valued for its anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, and skin-soothing effects. It can ease digestive discomfort, menstrual cramps, and muscle tension, while also calming irritated or sensitive skin. Its soft, sweet, herbaceous aroma promotes relaxation and is often used to support sleep and emotional balance. Chamomile is ideal for both adults and children in times of restlessness or distress.

Cinnamon Oil

Cinnamon essential oil is a warm, stimulating oil with powerful emotional and physical benefits. Emotionally, it encourages feelings of warmth, courage, and emotional resilience, helping to dispel fear, fatigue, and feelings of isolation. Its spicy scent promotes motivation, passion, and a sense of vitality.

Physically, cinnamon is known for its strong antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties, making it useful for immune support, cold and flu symptoms, and pain relief. It stimulates circulation, eases muscle tension, and may help regulate blood sugar levels. Due to its potency, it should always be used well-diluted in topical applications. Cinnamon’s bold, comforting aroma makes it a favorite in blends for warmth, energy, and emotional strength.

Clary Sage Oil

Clary Sage essential oil is deeply supportive for both emotional balance and physical wellness, especially related to hormonal health. Emotionally, it calms the mind, lifts low moods, and helps relieve anxiety, stress, and emotional fatigue. It’s known for encouraging clarity, intuition, and emotional release, making it helpful during times of transition or overwhelm.

Physically, Clary Sage is widely used for its hormone-balancing effects, particularly in easing menstrual cramps, PMS, and menopausal symptoms. It also supports relaxation and restful sleep, thanks to its mildly sedative properties. With its sweet, herbaceous scent, Clary Sage helps create a peaceful atmosphere and promote inner calm. It’s an excellent oil for supporting both emotional and physical cycles of change.

Cypress Oil

Cypress essential oil offers grounding and balancing benefits for both emotional and physical well-being. Emotionally, it supports resilience during times of change, loss, or transition, helping to ease feelings of grief, anxiety, or restlessness. It promotes a sense of flow, emotional release, and inner stability.

Physically, it is known for its circulation boosting properties. It helps reduce fluid retention, ease varicose veins, and support the lymphatic system. It’s also effective for relieving muscle cramps, soothing respiratory conditions, and reducing excessive perspiration. With its fresh, woody, slightly smoky aroma, cypress oil is often used to promote grounding, clarity, and strength both physically and emotionally.

Eucalyptus Oil

Eucalyptus is invigorating and purifying, offering strong support for both emotional clarity and physical health. Emotionally, it helps clear mental fog, uplift the spirit, and promote focus, making it especially helpful during times of mental exhaustion or emotional overwhelm and encourages a sense of openness and renewal.

Physically, it is known for its respiratory benefits helping coughs and cold symptoms. Its antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties make it useful for infections and muscle or joint pain. The crisp, camphor-like scent helps boost energy and mental alertness. It is often used in inhalations, diffusers, and massage blends to refresh the body and mind.

Fennel Oil

Fennel essential oil is nurturing and balancing, offering benefits for both emotional and physical well-being. Emotionally, it supports clarity, confidence, and emotional strength, especially when feeling overwhelmed, indecisive, or self-critical and help calm themind and encourage a sense of trust and self-acceptance.

Physically, it is known for supporting digestion it helps relieve bloating, gas, constipation, and cramps. It supports hormonal balance and may ease symptoms related to the menstrual cycle. With its sweet, licorice-like aroma, fennel promotes grounding and digestive ease and used in to support overall balance and inner calm.

Frankincense Oil

Frankincense essential oil is highly valued for its deep emotional and physical benefits. Emotionally, it promotes feelings of peace, relaxation, and spiritual grounding, helping to reduce stress, anxiety, and emotional overwhelm. It encourages mindfulness, meditation, and emotional clarity, making it a favorite for calming the mind.

Physically, it supports skin health by promoting regeneration, reducing the appearance of scars and wrinkles, and soothing inflammation. It has anti-inflammatory and immune-boosting properties that aid overall wellness. Its warm, resinous aroma is both uplifting and grounding, making it ideal for balancing emotions and enhancing spiritual practices.

Geranium Oil

Geranium essential oil offers uplifting emotional and supportive physical benefits. Emotionally, it helps balance mood swings, reduce feelings of stress and anxiety, and promote a sense of calm and emotional stability. It’s known to encourage feelings of happiness, confidence, and emotional harmony.

Physically, it supports healthy skin by promoting healing, balancing oil production, and reducing inflammation or irritation. It has antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties that help with wounds and infections. Its sweet, floral aroma is refreshing and comforting, making it popular in skincare blends anduseful for hormonal balance and overall relaxation.

Grapefruit Oil

Grapefruit essential oil is bright and uplifting, offering both emotional and physical benefits. Emotionally, it helps boost mood, reduce feelings of stress and anxiety, and promote a sense of optimism and energy. Its fresh, citrusy aroma can refresh the mind and improve focus, making it great for overcoming mental fatigue or sluggishness.

Physically, grapefruit supports the lymphatic system and aids detoxification, helping to reduce fluid retention and promote healthy digestion. It also has antibacterial and antioxidant properties that benefit the skin, helping to brighten and tone. Grapefruit is often used in blends for weight management, energy boosting, and emotional rejuvenation.

Helichrysum Oil

Helichrysum essential oil is renowned for its deeply healing and soothing properties, both emotionally and physically. Emotionally, it helps ease feelings of grief, emotional pain, and trauma, promoting a sense of peace, forgiveness, and emotional renewal. It supports emotional resilience and helps release stuck emotions.

Physically, helichrysum is prized for its powerful regenerative effects on the skin, aiding in healing scars, bruises, wounds, and inflammation. It also has strong anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, making it beneficial for muscle pain and joint discomfort. With its sweet, herbaceous, and slightly fruity aroma, helichrysum is grounding and calming, ideal for emotional and physical recovery.

Jasmine Oil

Jasmine essential oil is celebrated for its deeply uplifting and emotionally nourishing qualities. Emotionally, it helps boost confidence, reduce feelings of anxiety and depression, and inspire feelings of joy, love, and sensuality. It’s often used to promote emotional openness and self-expression, making it a favorite for enhancing mood and romantic connections.

Physically, jasmine supports skin health by moisturizing and improving elasticity, making it beneficial for dry or aging skin. It also has mild antiseptic properties and can help ease tension and stress-related fatigue. With its rich, sweet, floral aroma, jasmine oil is both soothing and invigorating, perfect for creating a positive and loving atmosphere.

Lavender Oil 

Lavender essential oil is one of the most versatile oils, offering profound emotional and physical benefits. Emotionally, it calms the mind, reduces anxiety and stress, and promotes relaxation and restful sleep. It helps soothe emotional tension, irritability, and feelings of overwhelm, making it ideal for emotional balance.

Physically, lavender supports skin healing by calming irritation, burns, and minor wounds. It also has anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties, helping to relieve headaches, muscle pain, and respiratory issues. Its fresh, floral aroma is both calming and refreshing, making lavender a staple for relaxation, skincare, and overall wellness.

Lemon Oil

Lemon essential oil is bright and refreshing, offering uplifting emotional and physical benefits. Emotionally, it helps boost mood, reduce feelings of stress, and improve focus and mental clarity. Its clean, citrusy scent is energizing and can help overcome fatigue or mental fog.

Physically, lemon supports the immune system and aids detoxification by stimulating lymphatic drainage and digestion. It has antibacterial and antiviral properties, making it useful for cleaning and skin care, especially for oily or acne-prone skin. Lemon oil is often used in diffusers or blends to promote a fresh, revitalizing atmosphere and overall vitality.

Lemongrass Oil

Lemongrass essential oil offers refreshing and revitalizing benefits for both emotional and physical health. Emotionally, it helps reduce feelings of stress, anxiety, and mental fatigue, promoting clarity, focus, and a positive mindset. Its bright, citrusy aroma uplifts the spirit and encourages emotional balance.

Physically, lemongrass is known for its antifungal, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory properties. It supports muscle relaxation, relieves tension and aches, and aids digestion. Additionally, it can help reduce swelling and improve circulation. Lemongrass oil is often used in massage blends and diffusers to invigorate the body and mind while promoting relaxation.

Mandarin essential oil

Mandarin essential oil is gentle and uplifting, offering soothing emotional and physical benefits. Emotionally, it helps calm nervous tension, reduce anxiety, and promote feelings of joy and optimism. Its sweet, citrusy aroma is comforting and can ease restlessness or insomnia, making it great for relaxation.

Physically, mandarin supports healthy digestion by easing cramps, indigestion, and bloating. It also has mild antiseptic properties and can help promote skin health, especially for sensitive or delicate skin. Mandarin oil is often used in calming blends for children or those new to essential oils due to its gentle nature and pleasant scent.

Marjoram Oil

Marjoram essential oil is known for its comforting and soothing properties, benefiting both emotional and physical well-being. Emotionally, it helps calm anxiety, ease nervous tension, and promote feelings of peace and relaxation. It supports emotional balance, especially during times of stress or overwhelm.

Physically, marjoram is valued for its muscle-relaxing and pain-relieving effects, making it helpful for cramps, muscle aches, and joint stiffness. It also supports digestive health and can ease headaches and respiratory congestion. With its warm, herbaceous aroma, marjoram oil is often used in massage blends and calming rituals to promote overall comfort and relaxation.

Myrrh Oil

Myrrh essential oil is deeply grounding and healing, offering powerful emotional and physical benefits. Emotionally, it promotes feelings of calm, spiritual connection, and inner peace, helping to reduce anxiety, stress, and emotional heaviness. It’s often used in meditation and healing rituals to support emotional release and balance.

Physically, myrrh has strong anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antioxidant properties. It supports skin health by promoting healing of wounds, reducing scars, and soothing irritation. It’s also beneficial for respiratory health and can help relieve congestion. With its rich, warm, resinous aroma, myrrh oil is both comforting and strengthening, making it a valuable oil for emotional and physical wellness.