Kanuka Essential Oil
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Description
Kanuka Essential Oil has a fresh herbaceous aroma with soft earth, sweet resin, faint honey, and a gentle medicinal-green trace. It sits in familiar tea-tree and manuka territory, but it usually feels less harsh than tea tree and less heavy than manuka.
The first impression is clean and plant-like, then the scent settles into a sweeter, earthier base. This makes Kanuka useful in soaps, balms, creams, body oils, diffusers, massage blends, and fresh botanical formulas where a product needs a clean natural identity without an aggressive medicinal edge.
Kanuka works best when its gentleness is preserved. Used lightly, it gives blends fresh herbal clarity and a soft earthy residue. Used heavily, it can become flat, medicinal, or too tea-tree-like.
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 | Kunzea ericoides |
| Origin | New Zealand |
| Family | Myrtaceae |
| Plant Part | Leaves |
| Extraction | Steam Distillation |
| Note | Middle |
| Colour | Pale yellow liquid |
| Consistency | Medium |
| Scent | Kanuka Essential Oil has a sweet, minty herbaceous scent that finishes with floral notes. |
| Blends With | Citrus, herby, minty and woodsy oils. |
| Group | Herby |
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.
