Wintergreen Essential Oil
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Description
Wintergreen Essential Oil has a strong sweet aroma with medicinal coolness, methyl-salicylate sharpness, cold candy, and muscle-rub familiarity. It does not behave like peppermint, spearmint, or a soft green herb. Wintergreen is smoother, sweeter, more medicinal, and far more safety-sensitive.
The first impression is immediate and recognisable. As the scent develops, the scent becomes sweeter and more rub-like, leaving a strong cooling residue that can work in careful low-dose use for specialist balms, foot products, soaps, fragrance accords, and professionally controlled formulas with peppermint, eucalyptus, birch, pine, rosemary, camphor, clove, or herbal notes.
Wintergreen needs serious restraint. It should not be positioned for casual ingestion, children, pets, or unsupervised use. Used heavily, it can become overpowering, syrupy, medicinal, and unsafe.
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 | Gaultheria procumbens |
| Origin | China |
| Family | Ericaceae |
| Plant Part | Leaves |
| Extraction | Steam Distillation |
| Note | Top-Middle |
| Colour | Colourless |
| Consistency | Thin |
| Scent | Wintergreen has a strong mint candy flavor. |
| 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.
