Tea Tree Essential Oil (Organic)
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Description
Tea Tree Essential Oil (Organic) has a sharp medicinal aroma with green leaf, terpenic freshness, pale wood, and dry herbal bitterness. It is not a soft decorative scent. Tea Tree is direct and functional, which is exactly why customers recognise it so quickly in soaps, shampoos, foot products, scalp formulas, and cleansing-style blends.
The first impression is strong, green, and clinical. In the drydown, the scent becomes drier and more woody, leaving a practical herbal trace that works well in balms, creams, diffusers, cleaning-style blends, and formulas with lemon, lavender, eucalyptus, rosemary, peppermint, cajeput, niaouli, pine, or thyme.
Organic status supports sourcing expectations, not a different smell. Used heavily, Tea Tree can become harsh, clinical, dry, oxidised-smelling, or overpowering.
Essential oils can be applied topically once diluted with a carrier oil. They are widely used in cosmetic goods and handmade crafts.
Details
| Botanical Name | Melaleuca Alternifolia |
| Origin | South Africa |
| Family | Myrtaceae |
| Plant Part | Leaves |
| Extraction | Steam Distillation |
| Note | Middle |
| Colour | Pale yellow to colourless |
| Consistency | Thin |
| Scent | Tea Tree essential oil has a fresh, Antiseptic and medicinal scent. It also has characteristic mint and spice back-notes. |
| Blends With | Camphoraceous, citrus, and woodsy oils. |
| Group | Camphoraceous |
Cautions
Never use pure oils on the skin without diluting, never use internally, keep away from children and eyes, always check if there are any medical issues which could cause a problem. Seek help if you have any doubts.
