Belissima Myrtle Essential Oil

Description

Belissima Myrtle Essential Oil

Belissima Myrtle essential oil is one of Australia’s newest essential oil. The aroma is initially calming and perfume like, with white florally notes and hints of rose, its fresh, clean and smooth. It is not a blend but a unique essential oil from a very rare Australian plant, we found, propagated and grew ourselves. We harvested it for the first time in 2020.

Sadly we did not plant out enough, when we planted it out way back in 2015, as we were a little unsure how the oil would turn out, however it has turned out far, far better than we expected. We have so many different plants in plantation now, its hard to get the balance of plantings correct sometimes. I guess this will be quite a special and very limited essential oil for some years to come!

Botanical name:  Leptospermum petersonii Variety ‘B’ ‘Bel Myrtle’

Ingredients: 100% v/v pure Belissima Myrtle essential oil.

Belissima Myrtle Essential Oil Aroma

A florally to white florally scent, it is perfume like, a little rosy for some, it is fresh, smooth and clean.
Some may also detect traces of woodiness and a cooling note. It helps connect men and women.

Belissima Myrtle Essential Oil Benefits

Calming, relaxing, improves a belief in connecting with other people on a personal and close level. Provides an imagery of blooming flowers at night. It can be a little euphoric for some.

Belinda smell testing our seedlings in 2015
and picking out the best seedlings for essential oil growing.

Belissima Myrtle Essential Oil Uses

Add a couple of drops to a diffuser, oil burner, air purifier, air freshener, potpourri, bath or add to a perfume.

MORE INFO

Directions and More Uses

Aromatherapy Oil

2 to 4 drops in a diffuser, oil burner or vaporiser for a calming, perfumy/rosy/florally aroma.

Blend Belissima Myrtle Essential Oil with

Belissima Myrtle essential oil is simply excellent on its own or blend with woody, spicy, floral oils. Use Belissima Myrtle oil sparingly in blends to avoid overpowering. Try blending Belissima Myrtle oil with Eucalyptus varieties or Sandalwood.

Main Actives of Belissima Myrtle Essential Oil

Contains gamma-terpinene, para-cymene, terpinolene, alpha-thujene, limonene, myrcene, geraniol, geranyl acetate, neral, geranial.

Belissima Myrtle™ essential oil flowers at our Byron Bay plantation

Precautions

Keep out of reach of children, do not apply direct to the skin as this may cause skin irritation, store away from direct sunlight, store below 30 degrees.

Other Common Names

Rose scented tea tree.

Natural Occurrence in Australia                                                                                                         

Belissima Myrtle trees naturally occurs in only a few hectares of lowland or floodplain country, in northern New South Wales. The tree is extremely rare, and Belissima Myrtle grows to a maximum height of 10 metres in the wild. High and regular rainfall with rocky and alluvial soils are its prime habitat.

Characteristics

Clear to amber yellow in colour, watery consistency, scent of perfumy, florally and rosy notes.

Extraction and Farming Method

We selected the best smelling seedlings at a young age of around 12 months, Belinda was our prime scent tester, we screened many plants, planting the best 35% of the total seedlings we raised, the other 65% were donated to a local not for profit nursery.

Belissima Myrtle oil is extracted via steam distillation of the leaves and green branchlets. The tree is grown in plantation in the Byron Bay hinterland, in northern New South Wales. Plantation trees are planted in rows, are kept to a maximum height of 4 metres, they are hand harvested and are then steam distilled immediately to maintain quality Belissima Myrtle essential oil.

History

Traditional Usage

At present there is no evidence of indigenous use of this plant.
However it is reasonable to assume the leaves were rubbed on the skin for a perfume effect and also a calming effect.

Early European Usage

There is no record of Belissima Myrtle oil being produced and sold previously.

Present Day Usage 

Belissima Myrtle oil is exclusive to Essentially Australia and was released for the first time in March 2021.