Essential Oil Peppermint

Botanical Name

Mentha piperita / L.

Benefits and Qualities

Peppermint essential oil is a general stimulant that works on a wide range of areas, from digestive functions to the heart. It is good to use it after allopathic treatment of the antibiotherapic type. It plays its anti-astenic role to the maximum. Its analgesic qualities are also highly regarded, and its action against nausea is valuable for travellers. Synergies: lemon, ginger, black pepper, fennel, citronella, rosemary.

Production

Essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of the twigs and leaves of mentha piperita L.

The Plant

Mint furnishes a legendary and mythic body of information, as varied as there are hybrids of the plant. Sometimes linked to hell for the love Hades had for it, sometimes to the worship of Demeter, goddess of life, mint is seen as ambivalent. The Middle Ages adopted a similar attitude. Mint is simultaneously vaunted for its purifying and rebuilding qualities but cannot escape being condemned for its exciting influence on the senses. Today, its perfume associates mint completely with the idea of freshness.

Caution

Avoid contact with eyes and mucous membranes. Keep away from children. Dilute to a very weak dose in diffusion. Do not give to children under 5 years of age. Avoid during pregnancy. Eye irritant. Do not use in the bath as it can bring on thermal shock. Do not use undiluted on the skin as it is mildly irritating.

Principes aromatiques

Menthol, menthone, menthofuranne, menthyl acetate

Parfume-Creation

Herbaceous odour; fresh, opening, mentholated, with a lightly dry and lavender note. Sugary flavour, lightly piquant and bitter.