Botanical Name: Melissa Officinalis

Origin: UK

Melissa True also known as Lemon Balm has a stunning lemony scent with back notes of sweet wood and a vegetative subsidiary note.

Melissa Essential Oil is obtained via steam distillation of the leaves, which contain a maximum of 0.1% of the expensive essential oil.

The huge variations in the oils composition are to do with many variables, the younger the leaves the better the composition is therapeutically likewise the opposite applies if the oil is obtained from older leaves.

Our price reflects the best quality Melissa oil available; our material comes from the UK.

Melissa True blends well with Rose, Bergamot, and Neroli Absolute.

The Latin species name melissa is shortened from Classical Greek melisso-phyllon [μελισσο-φύλλον] “bee-leaf”; the plant is rich in nectar and commonly planted to feed bees. That name is akin to Latin mel “honey” and also the British term for orange rind jelly, marmalade.