Lemon Oil

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Lemon essential oil is extracted from the ripe peel of the fruit from the Lemon Tree. The 3-7m high tree flowers and fruits all year round with white-petalled fragrant flowers. The Lemon fruit is well-known as a great source of vitamin C and has long been called upon in times of illness when honey and lemon tea can offer soothing relief. Lemon fruit was even used by the British Navy to counteract the risk of scurvy on the long sea voyages in the late eighteenth century. Believed to have originated from India, lemons were introduced to the Middle East from around 100AD by Arab traders. They did not reach Europe until the eleventh or twelfth century, via the Crusades. Arriving in the New World with Spanish and Portuguese explorers from the late fifteenth century. Lemon essential oil has a wide array of uses, with a bright, fresh citrus aroma and top note. Lemon essential oil is aromatically versatile, blending well with most oils and adding ‘lift’ to blends. Show more