Botanical name: Artemisia absinthium
Color: Dark green to yellowish brown
Consistency: Medium
Perfumery note: Base
Related planets/deities: Mars, Artemis/Diana, Iris
Aroma: Bitter, earthy
Energetic Properties: Warming, restorative, stimulating
Aromatherapy properties: Wormwood oil is a dark green to bluish liquid of medium consistency with a spicy, warm, bitter-green odor and a sharp, fresh top note. Used in minute quantities, it blends well with ambrette seed, jasmine, lavender, neroli, and oakmoss. The distilled oil is concentrated and should be used with care.
Spiritual uses: A liqueur called absinthe that contains wormwood oil, has been celebrated by writers and artists for its ability to increase clarity of thought, creativity, and inspiration. It has the reputation of allowing the user to peer beyond everyday reality into the spiritual realms. The smell of wormwood oil or herbage is also credited with removing anger or helping a person express it in healthier ways.
Blends well with: Due to its bitter overtones, wormwood oil blends well with sweeter essential oils such as Anise, Angelica, Lavender, Sweet Orange, Jasmine, and Oakmoss.
History: Wormwood’s healing properties were known to the ancient Egyptians and Greeks: wormwood was used as an antiseptic in Egyptian medicine, and as a digestive stimulant in medieval Europe. The English name wormwood may come from its traditional use as a vermifuge to expel intestinal parasites. Yet wormwood oil’s most famous use may be in the preparation of absinthe, an emerald green liqueur with a strong bitter taste. Absinthe was the drink of choice for artists and writers from Vincent Van Gogh to Oscar Wilde for its ability to excite the imagination and the creative mind.
These oils are sold for aromatherapy purposes only.
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