Lavender Perfume Oil by Escential Essences, 0.5oz

A soft lavender scent. Clean and floral-herbal, calming rather than sharp or sweet.

A 0.5 oz bottle. Small, portable, and made for the pulse points.

Blended in the USA. By Escential Essences, in a cosmetic-grade oil base.

• Volume: 0.5 oz perfume oil
• Maker: Escential Essences, blended in the USA
• A blended fragrance composition in an oil base, not an essential oil
• For external use only. Not for ingestion. Patch test before regular wear.
• SKU: OMLAVE

Lavender is one of the most beloved calming herbs in folk magic. Scott Cunningham places it under Mercury and the element of Air, naming peace, sleep, purification, and love among its powers, which sets it on Wednesday among the days of the week.

Worn rather than burned, the scent goes where you go, which is the oldest reason anyone has ever put a fragrance on. Practitioners reach for it before meditation, before rest, and after work that has left them keyed up, on the plain logic that a calming scent close to the skin helps you settle. That is a real and modest thing, and it does not need inflating.

1. Patch test on the inner arm before regular wear.
2. Apply a little at the pulse points: wrists, neck, behind the ears.
3. Breathe, and let the scent mark the shift into quiet.
4. Touch a drop to an altar cloth or a set of beads, if you want the scent in the space rather than on you.
5. Cap it and keep it from heat and direct sun.

• Lavender Incense Sticks by Escential Essences: the same scent as smoke, from the same maker.
• Lavender Tranquility Incense Cones: the cone form.
• Lavender Candle in Cast Iron Cauldron: the same calm in candlelight.
• Jojoba Carrier Oil, 8 oz: a neutral base if you want to dilute it further.
• Light Blue Chime Candles, Set of 20: the calm register as a flame.

What does it smell like?

Soft, clean, and floral-herbal, the gentle scent of lavender. Calming rather than sharp or sweet.

Is this an essential oil?

No. It is a blended fragrance composition in an oil base, made as a wearable perfume oil rather than a single-botanical extract.

What are lavender's correspondences?

Cunningham places lavender under Mercury and the element Air, naming peace, sleep, purification, and love, which puts it on Wednesday.

Where do I apply it?

The pulse points: wrists, neck, behind the ears. A little goes a long way.

Is it safe for sensitive skin?

It is a fragranced oil for external use. Patch test a small area first if you have sensitive skin or known fragrance allergies, and discontinue use if irritation occurs.