Neroli

Species name: Neroli oil is extracted from the flowers of Citrus aurantium var. amara (also known as Citrus vulgaris and C. Bigardia) of the Rutaceae family.

Also known as: Neroli essential oil is also known as orange flower and Neroli bigarade.

Like lavender essential oil, neroli oil is one of the most popular of all essential oils.  It is wonderful in aromatherapy and has a beautiful scent.

Neroli oil has a floral scent that you are not likely to forget once you have smelled it.  Light, delicate yellow, this oil is thin and water-like. 

It is important to buy Neroli oil from reputable herbologists, because unscrupulous suppliers sell neroli diluted to maximize profits from this essential oil. 

Neroil is also known as 'orange blossom'.  It takes approximately 1000 pounds of neroli blooms to distill a single pound of essential oil.  It is a popular ingredient in cologne and perfumes.

Neroli oil is extracted via steam distillation and from blooms from the bitter-orange tree by steam distillation.

Home Remedies using Neroli Essential Oil:

Used in aromatherapy, neroli oil is very relaxing.  It can relieve muscle cramps and spasms, including heart arrhythmia and tachycardia. 

Neroli has great benefits in skin care.  It regenerates skin, helps prevent wounds from scarring, and helps prevent stretch marks on the skin.

Benefits of Neroli Essential Oil:

Neroli's aroma is a wonderful blend of floral with undertones of citrus. It is lovely by itself, or blends well with rose, bergamot, or other citrus oils.

Emotionally, neroli can help calm anxiety, and relieve depression.  Neroli can help balance both oily and dry skin, since it has an sebum balancing effect.

The therapeutic properties of neroli oil are antidepressant, antiseptic, anti-infectious, antispasmodic, aphrodisiac, bactericidal, carminative, cicatrisant, cytophylactic, cordial, deodorant, digestive, emollient, sedative and tonic.

Neroli oil is very relaxing and can relieve chronic anxiety, depression, fear, shock and stress and its calming effect can also be beneficial to the digestive tract. It can be used for intestinal spasms, colitis and diarrhea.

It helps insomnia, and as one of the essential oils with the most sedative effects is useful for treating depression, anxiety and shock and is also effective in calming heart palpitations, treating headaches, neuralgia and vertigo.

It can help when a patient is convalescing and is a good general tonic.

On the skin, neroli oil can help to regenerate skin cells and is a rejuvenating oil useful to prevent ugly scar tissue, promote a smoother skin, fighting stretch marks and broken capillaries.

Neroli oil not only smells exquisite, but can also relax and calm the nervous system, the digestive tract and is helpful in skin care.

You can use this essential oil:

• As vapor therapy, neroli oil can be used in a diffuser, oil ring, or simmer pot.
• Neroli can be used as massage oil or added to the bath.
• Neroli makes cream and lotion bases wonderfully fragrant and therapeutic.

Side Effects of Neroli Essential Oil:

Neroli oil is not known to be a toxic oil.  It is not known to be sensitizing, or irritating on the skin.  It should not be used when you need to remain alert, because of its relaxing properties.