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Peppermint is a hybrid mint, a cross between Watermint and Spearmint. The plant, indigenous to Europe, is now widespread in cultivation throughout all regions of the world. Being a hybrid, it is usually sterile, producing no seeds and reproducing only vegetatively.

The true Pelargonium graveolens is an uncommon species in the Pelargonium genus, which is native to South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Rose Geranium is cultivated on a large scale and its foliage is distilled for its scent. Pelargonium graveolens cultivars have a wide variety of smells, including rose, citrus, mint, coconut and nutmeg, as well as various fruits. However, the most commercially important varieties are those with rose scents.

Chamomile Cape distillate is steam distilled from the flowers of wild crafted Eriocephalus punctulatus.  It is very similar, in both fragrance and therapeutic activity, to Chamomile Roman, with the same subtle apple like undertone but, the Chamomile Cape is a little more sharp, and a little sweeter, with a calming activity that is slightly stronger.

Bourbon Rose hips were almost certainly originating from "Rose Edouard" which was cultivated there and in Mauritius. The Rose cultivated in India as Rose borboniana is actually "Rose Edouard".

The deciduous shrub is also grown extensively in Rajasthan but its main use is for the production of attar, gulkand and Rose Water with a small amount of essential oil being produced  in Southern India in the state of Tamil Nadu ( dry desert region).

Rosa Centifolia is a hybrid Rose developed by Dutch Rose breeders in the period between the 17th century and the 19th century, possibly earlier.

Rose de Mai is particular cultivating in the French city of Grasse, known as the perfume capital of the world. It is widely cultivated for its singular fragrance - clear and sweet, with light notes of honey. The flowers are commercially harvested for the production of Rose oil, which is commonly used in perfumery.

Rosmarinus officinalis, commonly known as rosemary, is a woody, perennial herb with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers, native to the Mediterranean region. Rosemary belongs to the Lamiaceae, commonly known as the mint family.  Rosemary grows to a height and spread of 3 feet. Pale blue flowers bloom in spring to early summer. The needle-shaped evergreen leaves are highly aromatic.

Rosemary is a wonderful tonic, particularly to the heart, brain and nervous system.

Santalum Album or Indian Sandalwood is a small tropical tree, and is the most commonly known source of Sandalwood.

Sandalwood is an evergreen, parasitic tree that burrows its roots into other trees and it can grow up to 9 meters high and has a brown-gray trunk, many smooth slender branches, leathery leaves and small pink-purple flowers. It can take thirty to sixty years for a tree to reach full maturity. That is when it can be harvested and distilled.

A Hydrosol (Floral Water) is the by-product of the essential oils distillation process. Once thought of as waste, Hydrosols contain all the therapeutic properties of essential oils, just at a lower concentration.

Sandalwood Distillate is extracted from East Indian Sandalwood (Santalum album) by the method of hydro distillation.

Indian Sandalwood Distillate has a rich, sweet and creamy buttery wood aroma that is emotionally calming and soothing.

The shelf life of hydrosols is generally up to 2 years or longer when properly stored in the refrigerator.

Suzanne Catty recommends blending with Lemon Verbena Distillate for a cooling after shave facial toner for men.

Lemon-Scented Teatree is a tall shrub to small tree to 5 m which is cultivated as an ornamental and for essential oils.

The leaves are distilled commercially for the essential oil which contains citronellal, citral, and pinene. It is grown in plantations in Kenya, Zaire, South Africa, Guatemala and Australia. 

Geranium macrorrhizum is a species of hardy flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Geranium, Geraniaceae family. It is native to the South east Alps and the Balkans.

The plant is used for medical purposes in the traditional herbal medicine since it possesses high antimicrobial properties. In Bulgaria an oil is extracted from this plant, the name of which in Bulgarian means "The Healthy One".

Salvia Sclarea is a native to southern Europe and is a stout biennial herb that grows up to 1 meter tall with large, hairy leaves and small blue / white flowers growing directly off the long, thin stem.

It is cultivated for oil production in France, Russia, north Africa and Central Asia. A tall stately herb both cultivated and found in the wild, Clary Sage is a native of Italy and Syria, preferring the dry, sunny climate of the Mediterranean region.

Helichrysum Italicum is a flowering plant of the daisy family Asteraceae. It is called the Curry plant because of the strong smell of its leaves.

It grows on dry, rocky or sandy ground around the Mediterranean.

Helichrysum Italicum is a small perennial shrubby herb with narrow, silver-hairy leaves and small, yellow dry flowers. The flowers are a cluster of golden yellow ball shaped blossoms, the leaves are delicate and oblong, which when crushed release a distinct aroma.

Method of Extraction: Steam distilled: fresh flowering tops.

Cistus Ladanifer is a species of flowering plant in the family Cistaceae.  It is native to the western Mediterranean region.

It is a shrub growing 1 - 2,5 m tall and wide. The flowers are 5 - 8 cm diameter, with 5 papery white petals, usually with a red to maroon spot at the base, surrounding the yellow stamens and pistils. The whole plant is covered with the sticky exudate of fragrant resin.

Its leaves yield a fragrant oleoresin known as Labdanum, used in perfumes, especially as a fixative.

Labdanum essential oil is extracted by steam distillation resin. The water that came down with the essential oil is called the Labdanum Hydrosol (Distillate).

Cistus Ladanifer from Spain which comes as a resinoid, a thick liquid resin.

Tuberose oil is extracted from Polianthes Tuberosa of the Agavaceae family and is also known as Tuberosa and Tubereuse. The Tuberose (Polianthes Tuberosa) is a perennial plant related to the agaves, extracts of which are used as a middle note in perfumery.

The Tuberose is a night-blooming plant thought to be native to Mexico along with every other species of Polianthes.

It grows in elongated spikes up to 45 cm long that produce clusters of fragrant waxy white flowers that bloom from the bottom towards the top of the spike. It has long, bright green leaves clustered at the base of the plant and smaller, clasping leaves along the stem.

It is cultivated all over the world for the cut flower trade, but specially in Egypt, China, France, Morocco and  Philippines for its oil

"Mistress of the Night" (Tuberrose) is believed to be so seductive and arousing that in Victorian times young girls were forbidden to inhale its heady fragrance as it would make them lose their innocence.

Tuberose is an outstandingly beautiful flower with a very complex scent that becomes very potent at nightfall.

The lipophilic components of fresh Tuberose blossoms are extracted, filtrated and concentrated and purified via distillation.

Chrysopogon Zizanioides, commonly known as vetiver and ramacham is a perennial grass of the Poaceae family, native to India.

Vetiver can grow up to 1.5 metres high and form clumps as wide. The stems are tall and the leaves are long, thin, and rather rigid, the flowers are brownish-purple. Unlike most grasses, which form horizontally spreading, mat-like root systems, Vetiver's roots grow downward, 2 - 4 m in depth.

Though it originates in India, Vetiver is widely cultivated in the tropical regions of the world. The world's major producers include Haiti, India, Java and Réunion.

Method of Extraction: Vetiver is mainly cultivated for the fragrant essential oil distilled from its roots. Vetiver Distillate comes from this process.

Cedrus Atlantica, the Atlas Cedar, is a Cedar native to the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco.

Fully grown, Atlas Cedar is a large coniferous evergreen tree, 30 - 35 m (rarely 40m) tall, with a trunk diameter of 1.5 - 2 m.It is very similar in all characters to the other varieties of Lebanon Cedar, differences are hard to discern. A pyramid-shaped majestic evergreen tree.