Essential Oil – Nutmeg

Botanical name: Myristica fragrans

Color: Clear

Consistency: Very thin

Perfumery note: Middle

Related Planets/Deities: Jupiter/Female deities

Aroma: Spicy, sharp, rich, slightly bracing

Energetic Properties: Warming, relaxing, calming, clarifying

Aromatherapy Properties: A water-white or pale yellow mobile liquid with a sweet, warm, slightly spicy odor and a terpene-like top note. It blends well with bay, clary sage, coriander, geranium, lavandin, lime, mandarin, oakmoss, orange, Peru balsam, petitgrain, rosemary, and spice oils.

Spiritual Uses: Although Nutmeg is associated with Pagan holidays such as Yule and Samhain, it is also a key component in the incense used in worship on the Jewish Sabbath. A naturally warming plant, nutmeg is associated with the celebration of winter solstice festivals. Nutmeg oil is also used in both love magick and charms to aid in obtaining money and other material goals.

Blends well with: Black pepper, Sandalwood, Lavender, Patchouli, Oakmoss, and Rosemary.

History: Nutmeg is native to the Banda islands of Indonesia and has been used in medicine since at least the 7th century. The spice was highly prized in Medieval Europe for its culinary and medicinal uses, and Muslim sailors also noted it as an extremely valuable commodity. In Elizabethan England, Nutmeg was believed to have the ability to ward off the Black Plague, and so it became very expensive. Until the mid-1800s, when nutmeg began to be exported to the Caribbean for cultivation, the Banda Islands were the world’s only source of Nutmeg. Long and bloody wars were fought amongst European countries to secure control of these Islands. Commercial production of Nutmeg now exceeds 9,000 tons a year.

These oils are sold for aromatherapy purposes only.