Helichrysum Essential Oil (Organic)
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Description
Helichrysum Essential Oil (Organic) has a honeyed herbal aroma with dried golden flower, warm hay, soft tea, bitter stem, and a faint curry-plant edge. It does not behave like a delicate floral oil. Helichrysum feels drier, earthier, and more botanical, with sweetness held inside dried herb rather than fresh petals.
The first impression is honeyed and plant-rich. Once the first lift recedes, the scent becomes hay-like and more bitter, leaving a golden herbal residue that works well in facial oils, balms, creams, serums, soaps, natural perfumes, blue-oil blends, and formulas with chamomile, lavender, blue tansy, yarrow, carrot seed, frankincense, myrrh, citrus, rose, or woods. It suits formulations intended to feel serious, dry, and botanically distinctive rather than decorative or conventionally floral.
Organic status supports sourcing expectations, not a different smell. Used heavily, Helichrysum can become dusty, bitter, medicinal, or curry-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 | Helichrysum Italicum |
| Origin | Italy |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Plant Part | Flowers |
| Extraction | Steam Distillation |
| Note | Base |
| Colour | Pale yellow to reddish-yellow liquid. |
| Consistency | Thin |
| Scent | Helichrysum Essential Oil has a powerful scent that can be described as a rich and honey-sweet. It is both woody and fresh. |
| Blends With | Camphoraceous, citrus, earthy, herby, floral, minty, spicy and woodsy oils. |
| Group | Woodsy |
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.
