Bergamot Essential Oil

Our bergamot essential oil is extracted from the tree Citrus aurantium var. bergamia (also known as C. bergamia), of the Rutaceae family and is also known as Bergamot orange.Oil propertiesThe scent of the oil is basically citrus, yet fruity and sweet, with a warm spicy floral quality and is reminiscent of neroli as well as lavender oil. The color ranges from green to greenish-yellow and the oil has a watery viscosity.It has a brisk, sweet-tart orange-fruit fragrance with a somewhat peppery balsamy tinge. It is mainly cold-pressedOrigin of Bergamot OilIt is made from the skin of a citrus fruit that is grown exclusively in the southern tip of Italy and in Morocco and West Africa.Bergamot oil is made from a tree that can grow up to four meters high, with star-shaped flowers and smooth leaves, bearing citrus fruit resembling a cross between an orange and a grapefruit, but in a pear-shape. The fruit ripens from green to yellow.ExtractionThe rind of both ripe and unripe fruit is used to extract the oil by expression, which yields about 0.5 %.Therapeutic PropertiesThe therapeutic properties of bergamot oil include analgesic, antidepressant, antiseptic, antibiotic, anti-spasmodic, stomachic, calmative, cicatrisant, deodorant, digestive, febrifuge, vermifuge and vulnerary.As an organic skin toner and detoxifier , it might prevent untimely maturing of skin.It increments the skin's sensitiveness to the sun.