dōTERRA Adaptiv Essential Oil Blend | 15 ml

The best-known oil in the world, and probably the oldest: the Romans already scented their baths with it, which is where its name comes from. Its linalool and linalyl acetate form that soft floral aroma, recognisable at once. It is the heart of every blend it enters.

A Mediterranean shrub with needle-like leaves, held sacred by the Greeks, the Romans and the Egyptians. Its 1,8-cineole and camphor give a bright, herbaceous scent, almost resinous. It cuts through the sweetness of the spices and keeps the blend from turning into a dessert.

Cold-pressed from the peel, with no heat and no solvent, which preserves its freshness. Its very high limonene content makes it one of the brightest oils in the range. It opens the blend on a lively note before the spices take over.

Softer than peppermint, it contains carvone where its cousin contains menthol, and that changes everything: no cold effect, but a round, faintly sweet freshness. This is the mint of chewing gum and mojitos. It brings liveliness without sharpness.

What is distilled here is not a plant but a resin tapped from the trunk of Amazonian trees, much the way rubber is collected. Its exceptional beta-caryophyllene content sets it apart. Its scent, soft and woody, rounds off the other ingredients rather than asserting itself.