Hygge dōTERRA Essential Oil Blend | 15 ml

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.

The red cedar of North America, distilled from its deeply coloured heartwood. Rich in cedrol, it gives off a dry, woody scent that recalls a freshly sharpened pencil. It sets the foundation of the blend and holds the floral notes in place.

The resin of a thorny tree from the Horn of Africa, collected drop by drop once the bark has been scored. Its name comes from the Arabic murr, bitter. Its scent is warm, smoky and balsamic, one of the oldest humankind has used.

Often called the king of essential oils. It is obtained by scoring the bark of trees grown in semi-desert country, then distilling the dried resin that beads from the cut. Its scent combines woody, resinous and faintly citrus notes. Used in ancient Egypt for perfumes and balms, it gives the blend its depth.

It is not the plant that is distilled but its roots, which reach several metres underground. Hence that deeply earthy scent, smoky, almost woody, with no equivalent elsewhere. It anchors the blend and gives it its most tenacious base note.

A shrub of the Mediterranean scrub whose leaves secrete a sticky resin, labdanum, once gathered by combing the fleece of goats that had browsed nearby. Its scent is ambery, warm and leathery, one of the most tenacious in perfumery.