Lavender oil is one of the most popular essential oils because it has a floral yet heby-like scent with a balsamic-woody undertone, an antiseptic quality, and a smoothness that helps rejuvenate the body whether under the hands of a masseuse or in the water of a bath. Its pleasant scent and disinfecting properties make it ideal for use in cleaning products. The oil is colorless to pale yellow. It is steam distilled from the freshly cut flowering tops of a shrub. Lavender Essential Oil blends well with the following : Clove Bud Essential Oil, Bay West Indies Essential Oil, Cypress Essential Oil, Clary Sage Essential Oil, Geranium Essential Oil, Thyme Essential Oil, Rosemary Essential Oil, and citrus oils Properties: analgesic, anticonvulsive, antidepressant, antiphlogistic, antirheumatic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, antiviral, bactericide, carminative, cholagogue, cicatrisant, cordial, cytophylactic, decongestant, deodorant, detoxicant, diuretic, emmenagogue, fungicide, hypotensive, nervine, rubefacient, sedative, splenetic, sudorific, vulnerary