Botanical Name: Urtica dioica
Botanical Family: Urticaceae
Extraction Method: Steam distilled
Part of Plant Distilled: Leaves
Country of Origin: Corsica
Cultivation Method: Wild-crafted
Scent Description: Sweet, green earth
Composition: 100% Urtica dioica
Consistency: Thick
Blends well with: Frankincense, Rose Otto, Grapefruit, Sweet Fern, Greenland Moss, Bergamot, Myrrh, Honey Myrtle, White Spruce, Lemon, Lime Fragonia, Vetiver, Oakmoss, and Inula.
Uses: Tonic for skin, scalp, and haircare. Use in massage blends, hair oils, and facial serums.
This very rare distillation exudes a unique aroma that is the perfect punctuation for adding forest notes to petal perfumes and chypre colognes.
Stinging Nettle Essential Oil is a timely tonic to balance sebum production in overly oily skin and hair. Dry scalps have found fewer loose flakes with the regular application. For haircare, dilute to use in a scalp massage oil with our Best Skin Ever, Scalp Tonic, or our Seabuckthorn Shampoo.
"Better be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
