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Melissa Pure Essential Oil

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A warm lemon-herbal aroma with soft honeyed brightness, bringing a calm, uplifted feeling to the heart and mind.

Melissa Essential Oil carries a sweet, fresh citrus-herbal scent with a gentle honey-like softness. Its aroma feels light yet comforting, helping ease emotional tension, calm anxious thoughts, and bring the mood back to a more peaceful rhythm. 100% pure Melissa Essential Oil is often loved for its delicate calming quality — like a soft morning breeze that gently clears heaviness from the mind.

Use with Lanluis Ceramic Aroma Diffuser or your preferred diffuser as part of an evening wind-down ritual, or whenever you want to create a softer, more reassuring space for emotional balance and quiet rest.

Product Details
Botanical Name: Melissa officinalis
Origin: England
Aroma: Sweet, fresh, citrus-herbal, with a
soft honey-like note
Extraction Method: Steam Distillation
Plant Family: Lamiaceae
Volatility: Middle Note
Extracted From: Leaves and Flowers

Size: 5mL

What it brings

What It Brings to Your Mind:
Melissa’s gentle citrus-herbal aroma helps ease emotional tension caused by stress, worry, or mental overload. Its soft, honeyed brightness brings a quiet sense of comfort — helping anxious thoughts settle, emotional heaviness lifts, and the mind returns to a calmer, more balanced state.

What It Brings to Your Body:
Melissa is often used in diluted body-care rituals to support relaxation and physical ease. When blended with a carrier oil, it can be used to massage areas of tension, especially when stress has built up around the head, neck, or shoulders. Its calming character helps the body feel more relaxed, comfortable, and gently released.

The story behind each drop

Melissa (Melissa officinalis) belongs to the Lamiaceae plant family and is native to the Mediterranean region, though it is now widely cultivated across Europe, including England, Hungary, Egypt, Italy, and Ireland.

Its name comes from the Greek word for “honey bee,” inspired by the sweet aroma of the plant and its natural attraction to bees. For centuries, Melissa has been treasured in herbal traditions for its ability to comfort the mind, support emotional balance, and bring a gentle sense of ease to daily life.

In the Middle Ages, Carmelite monks created a famous herbal preparation known as Carmelite Water, which included Melissa and was traditionally used to support emotional and digestive comfort.

Melissa Essential Oil is steam distilled from the leaves and flowers, capturing the plant’s soft yet precious aromatic character. Its scent is light, lemony, and gently sweet — not sharp like Lemon, but warmer, more tender, and quietly calming.

A simple ritual

Best for emotional tension, evening wind-downs, and moments when you want a gentle citrus-herbal aroma to help your space feel lighter, calmer, and more reassured.

When you are in a hurry

Quick Inhalation | Add 1 drop of essential oil onto a tissue, handkerchief, or aroma stone. Hold it around an arm’s length away, take a slow breath, and let the scent gently bring you back to the present moment.

Note: Avoid applying undiluted essential oil directly onto the skin.

When you will be staying in the same space for a while

Aroma Diffuser / Burner | Add 8–10 drops of essential oil to every 100ml of water to create a calm aromatic atmosphere and refresh the air around you.

When your body feels sore or tired

Massage | Add 8–10 drops of essential oil to every 20ml of carrier oil. Gently massage onto the body to support relaxation and ease physical tension.

When the weight of the day feels too much

Bath Ritual | Add 4–6 drops of essential oil to bath water. Let the warm water and aroma help your body unwind after a long day.

When you want mental clarity and inner peace

Meditation Support | Apply properly diluted essential oil onto the wrists, or diffuse during meditation to create a calmer, more focused space.

Ritual Pairing

Melissa + Lavender + Vetiver

A gentle herbal-floral-woody blend that softens the senses and settles the body into deep calm.

Melissa opens the blend with a fresh, tender herbal lift, while Lavender slowly unfolds a quiet, delicate floral softness. Vetiver then grounds the blend with a deep, warm woody finish. Together, they create a layered aroma that moves from herbal freshness → soft floral calm → grounded warmth, helping the body and mind gradually ease into a more deeply relaxed state.

Ideal for emotional depletion, overstimulated evenings, post-busy-day unwinding, or moments when you want to feel deeply relaxed, grounded, and gently held.

Usage notes

1. Do not apply directly to the skin.
2. Do not ingest.
3. For external use only. For sensitive skin, this essential oil may cause irritation. Please perform a patch test before use.
4. Avoid contact with sensitive areas such as the eyes and mouth. Use with care.
5. Store in a cool, dry place, away from direct sunlight and out of reach of children.
6. To avoid overstimulation, do not use essential oils that are oxidised or have noticeably changed in scent.
7. If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, taking medication, or have a long-term health condition, please consult a qualified aromatherapist or healthcare professional before use.

Oil Profile

• Geranial
• Neral
• β-Caryophyllene
• Citronellal