Lavender Essential Oil 10ml

Its name comes from the Latin verb lavare meaning to wash, because the Romans used lavender flowers for embalming, for perfuming the waters of their baths and their premises. Also, Roman soldiers took lavender on campaigns to treat wounds and spread it in sick rooms to ‘purify’ the air, a habit said to have been inherited from the ancient Greeks. The ancient Greeks used lavender for medicinal purposes. References to the healing properties and uses of lavender are also found in the writings of the second most important physician of antiquity after Hippocrates, Galen, the physician Theophrastus (3rd century BC) and the philosopher Diogenes (4th century BC). Diogenes mentions that, unlike the Egyptians who anointed their heads with lavender, he anointed his feet with lavender. The ancient Greeks called lavender nardos, from the city of Narda in Syria, and used it to perfume their baths and to beautify their skin. The Greeks discovered early on that if lavender flowers are crushed and burned, then the smoke released is particularly relaxing. According to reports, lavender appears to have spread throughout Europe via Greece around 600 BC. In England and the USA it went in the 16th and 17th centuries. Special references to lavender can be found even in Christianity.Lavender (also known in Greece as Labri or Chamolibano) was known in ancient Egypt and was used in the perfumery of the time. Lavender was ‘forgotten’ in the early Middle Ages, but monasteries kept the knowledge of its properties. The use of lavender was ‘revived’ during the reign of Henry VIII and since then it has gradually become one of the most popular herbs in Europe. Today it can be found in many gardens and has countless uses. In addition, according to reports, courtesans used lavender essential oil to perfume their breath. There are three types of lavender that are most widely cultivated, the most common being the narrow-leaved lavender (Lavandula angustifolia), which is the most fragrant variety and produces the best essential oil. It is one of the few essential oils that can be used fearlessly undiluted on the skin.

It remains stable when stored in a closed container, protected from light, in a cool and dry place.