Rosemary Fragrance Oil by Flaires of Spain 12ml for Soaps Creams and Potpourri

A Crisp Rosemary Fragrance Oil with Garden Character

This rosemary fragrance oil by Flaires of Spain comes in a 12 ml glass bottle. The first note is a crisp herb, like a woody evergreen. The finish moves closer to eucalyptus. It recalls a garden or an afternoon walk. Use it as rosemary oil for soap, or in creams, oils and potpourri.

Product Details

• Type: Rosemary fragrance oil
• Material: Fragrance oil blend in a glass bottle
• Size: 12 ml (0.4 oz)
• Olfactory family: Herb
• Main notes: Rosemary
• Made in: Spain by Flaires
• Includes: One bottle
• Use: Mix with creams, soaps, oils or potpourri
• Display: Store upright with the cap closed
• Product number: L-007

Rosemary in Greece and Rome

Rosemary has long been tied to memory and ritual. Greek and Roman mourners carried sprigs in funeral processions and laid them on the dead. The evergreen leaves stood for the immortality of the soul. Students wore rosemary crowns during examinations, hoping to sharpen memory.

Medicine and Shakespeare

Hippocrates treated joint pain with ointments of rosemary flowers and leaves steeped in olive oil. Dioscorides listed rosemary in De Materia Medica, his first-century herbal. Centuries later, Ophelia in Hamlet handed out rosemary for remembrance.

Using and Storing Your Oil

Stir a few drops of this rosemary fragrance oil into an unscented base. A rosemary scented cream pairs well with a morning routine. Browse other herbal fragrance oil blends in the Fragrance Oils collection or the full Museumize fragrance collection. Keep the cap tight and store the bottle upright, away from heat and direct sun. Soap makers often choose rosemary oil for soap because the scent is familiar and green. A herbal fragrance oil also rounds out a blend of citrus or wood. A rosemary scented cream feels like a garden walk.

Mediterranean gardeners have grown rosemary beside kitchen doors and graves for centuries. Its scent carries that long association with remembrance.

For More Reading from the Web

• Want the story of the herb that crowned Greek students and mourned Roman dead? This JSTOR Daily piece follows it from ritual to Hamlet. Rosemary, the Herb of Ritual and Remembrance - JSTOR Daily