Grand Fir Essential Oil

PARTS USED

Needle

EXTRACTION METHOD

Steam distillation

NOTE CLASSIFICATION

Middle

AROMA

Fresh, green, coniferous, slightly sweet citrusy top note

OVERVIEW

Often associated with the holidays. Grand Firs are a popular Christmas tree. As with other fir trees, the needles are often brewed or steeped and drank as a tea or used for additions to cleaning products. The needles are also added to smudge bundles.

PACKAGING

1/2 oz., 1 oz., and 2 oz. essential oils are packaged in amber glass bottles with drop reducers for easy application. Larger sizes are packaged in amber screw cap bottles and do not come with reducers or droppers.

BLENDS WELL WITH

Benzoin, cistus, citrus oils, clary sage, ginger, lavender, marjoram, pine, rosemary

HERBAL MISCELLANY

Grand Fir was first described by David Douglas as he collected specimens along his travels through the Pacific Northwest. In the timber industry Grand Fir is often cataloged as a Hem Fir, which is a blanket term used to describe many types of conifer wood.

PRECAUTIONS

Oil Specific: May cause skin irritation
General: As with all essential oils, never use them undiluted, in eyes or mucus membranes. Do not take internally unless working with a qualified and expert practitioner. Keep away from children. If applying an essential oil to your skin always perform a small patch test to an insensitive part of the body (after you have properly diluted the oil in an appropriate carrier).

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This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.