Align dōTERRA Centering Blend | 5 ml

A demanding citrus that yields fine fruit only under a very particular climate, mainly in Calabria. The peel is cold-pressed, never the juice. Its scent, at once bright and floral, is the most delicate of the whole citrus family.

The leaves are the better-known part in cooking, but it is the seeds that are distilled here. Their linalool gives a soft note, faintly floral and woody, a long way from the sharpness of the leaf. In a blend it acts as a binder: it softens the spices and keeps the whole from turning too biting.

The Greeks and the Romans made it a symbol of happiness and wove it into wreaths. Its terpinen-4-ol gives a warm, herbaceous aroma, almost like a kitchen garden. It brings a green touch that tempers the floral sweetness.

A natural hybrid of water mint and spearmint, peppermint is grown for its high menthol and menthone content. Menthol is what produces the immediate sensation of freshness, whether the oil is diffused or applied to the skin.

Its white flowers release their scent only at night, which calls for picking before dawn. Too fragile for steam distillation, they go through extraction instead, hence the term absolute. The result is heady, rich, recognisable among all others.

The queen of essential oils, and by far the costliest: dozens of kilos of petals go into a single bottle, picked by hand before sunrise. Its deep floral scent is a pillar of fine perfumery. A trace is enough to transform a blend.