Botanical Name: Syzygium oleosum Family: Myrtaceae Note: Top to Middle Origins: Northern Rivers, NSW, Australia Plant Part: Fresh Leaves and branchlets Extraction: Steam distillation Plant Aroma: Slightly herbaceous, green one like, green mango skin, very light camphor aroma. Mango myrtle was first discovered, produced, and pioneered by Greg Treveen of Essentially Australia back in March 2022. As a relatively new Australian essential oil, there is not much information that can be found within aromatherapy texts about this oil. Even THE book on Australian Native essential oils by Certified Clinical Aromatherapist and AIA member Deby Atterby – Australian Essential Oil Profiles does not mention this oil. As a result of this, let's look at the GC/MS report for this oil to determine its potential therapeutic uses based on its chemistry. As I like using tables to figure out how an essential oil may be used therapeutically, and school does not allow tables, please check out the PDF supplied for the entirety of my look into Mango Myrtle essential oil.

Hey All, It's been a little while since I have posted anything here, and recently I was complimented on the aroma of my hand cream/lotion. One of my favourite essential oil duos to add to an unscented cream or lotion base is two Australian essential oils. First, make a stock blend in your 5ml orifice reducer bottle. You can choose between either stock blend, depending on which oil you want to stand out more. I personally love Rosalina Rose: Rosalina Rose Synergy: # 3.5ml Rosalina (Melaleuca ericifolia) # 1.5ml Red Rose Mitcham (Mentha x piperita red mitcham) Minty Rose Synergy: # 3ml Red Rose Mitcham (Mentha x piperita red mitcham) # 2ml Rosalina (Melaleuca alternifolia) Once the stock synergy has been made up, allow the oils to get to know each other for at least 1 week. To make hand lotion or cream: Mix into 100ml or 100g of Unscented Lotion/Cream base 1ml of the stock synergy of your choice. Stir very well. Enjoy. Red Rose Mitcham (Mentha x piperita red mitcham) is a specific cultivar of Peppermint (Mentha x piperita) grown and harvested in Australia. It's not the same as regular peppermint, which has a strong, cooling, crisp, and minty aroma, whereas Red Rose Mitcham has a more clean, smoother, slightly sweeter, and delicate floral (rose-like) aroma. If you want to know more about Red Rose Mitcham, check out the Aromatherapy Today International Journal Volume 94 (December 2025 - Jan 2026), which highlights this oil. The article is written by Australia's own Aromatherapist and Australian Essential Oil expert, Deby Atterby. The Journal can be purchased either as a physical copy or a downloadable PDF. If you just want the individual journal (Volume 94) and do not want to subscribe, perhaps reach out to Deby to inquire if she can send you a back issue of it? https://www.aromatherapytoday.shop/

Monday 30th March: Clinical EO's for the Lymphatic/Immune System, 7pm GMT live on zoom. @Sharon Banfield @Sharon Davis @Jill Newman Wednesday 1st April: Aromatic Alchemy for your Soul: Module #2, 2pm GMT live on zoom. Details here for anyone interested in signing up for the next course starting on Wednesday 6th May: https://www.skool.com/maverick-aromatherapy-3200/aromatic-alchemy-for-your-soul-2 @Kathryn Lynnette Bales Wednesday 1st April: Warrior Women of the Chakras: Archangel Muriel, 7pm GMT live on zoom. Details here for anyone interested in signing up for the next course starting on Wednesday 29th April: https://www.skool.com/maverick-aromatherapy-3200/warrior-women-of-the-chakras @Emma Disney @Fiona Dorey Sunday 5th April: Sunday Evening Relax, 7pm GMT live on zoom. On the first Sunday of every month, Premium members can join and enjoy our Sunday Evening Relax. This is just one of the wee benefits of your monthly Premium subscription, or if you are a Diploma student/therapist trained by myself. Full details here: https://www.skool.com/maverick-aromatherapy-3200/monthly-sunday-evening-relax-2 Tuesday 7th April: Anatomy & Physiology & Pathology certificated course, 7pm GMT live on zoom. First of 5, once a month classes, last class being in August, with a 3 hour exam to be completed in September. @S L-b Thursday 23rd April: Webinar presentation of my book 'The Poisons', very knidly hosted by @Robin Kessler which is completely FREE to attend, but you do need to register with Robin. 7pm GMT, 3pm EDT.

Good morning tribe! I like the K.I.S.S. principle, as such I have made a new tab ^^^^ up there. In it you will find full details of the various courses and classes I run, whether they are in person or via zoom or a blend of both. You will find classes suitable for novices and therapists alike. It's an easy, one click search, of all classes, and will be added to, so check back regularly. Same applies to all the other topics you can see in the tabs. They do save you just trawling through all the post on this front page. Have a look, you might find something you would like to attend and take part in. I'm not a mind reader, so if there is a subject you would like to learn more about, give me a shout and I'll see what I can do. If you would rather a 1-on-1 private class with me, then have a look in Classroom (major tab) and you can arrange that with myself. Thank you. Rainbows, Jane x

I got a bit Maverick myself this week, when I saw a post suggesting that ignoring correct Latin naming might amount to bad practice. And to be clear, right from the start, I do kinda agree that it does. So I read on. When I looked at the list of most regularly offended oils I found that (according to the writer,) we are no longer supposed to use the name Boswellia caterii for Frankincense. Feeling a tad sheepish...because that is exactly what I DO call it...😬😳🙈...I decided I'd better go and do the work and find out why. And, to begin with, when I fount out the botanists had decided the TREE should renamed, I was kind of convinced for a while. 🧐 Better go and make some changes then, I thought. But then something deeper caught my eye🧐 which showed me what a dangerous mistake this name change will be.... And first I was intrigued, but then I became worried and frankly a bit bloody irate. So I first I blew my top 🤯😤then I threw my toys out of the pram! 😈 It took a whole week to do this bit of work, 17 video versions and a lot of shoulder blade pain, but I think it might be appreciated in this group, because detail matters. Good results matter, and sometimes being a bit arsey matters too. 💩 On reflection, this kind of speaks to the same issue in @Jane Lawson 's new book...because arguments for plants and essential oils are not always the same. Lastly, before I sign off I want to say a massive thank you to @Robin Kessler who managed to read my blog post in the whole 30 seconds it was up between all the changes and to, say "good job" and to let me know I was not the only one who thought this. (Honestly Rob, that meant such a lot. Thank you.) So here we go. This is for my fellow troublemakers at the back of the bus. 🚍 I call it... "I decline to refer to Boswellia carterii (Birdw) as B. (Flück) . Here's why. Subtitle: The Discovery of the Hidden B occulta tree, and Enantioner Alpha Pinenes. 🧪⚛️🐝🌻🌼