“The world’s most trusted oil. Timeless, gentle, and wonderfully complete.”

The Story Behind the Oil

For over 2,500 years, lavender has been at the centre of human healing and worship. The ancient Egyptians used it in the mummification process. The Romans added it to their bathhouses — its very name comes from the Latin lavare, meaning to wash. It was among the plants grown in the great monastery gardens of medieval Europe, where healers used it to calm the nervous, comfort the sick, and soothe the wounded.

In the early twentieth century, French chemist René-Maurice Gattefossé plunged his burning hand into a vat of lavender essential oil after a laboratory accident — and was so astonished by the speed of healing that he dedicated the rest of his career to the science of aromatherapy. That story, more than any other, marks the modern beginning of essential oil science. If you buy only one essential oil in your lifetime, let it be lavender. It is, quite simply, the most studied, the most versatile, and the most reliably gentle oil in the natural world.

What You’ll Experience

Lavender Essential Oil has a soft, floral, herbaceous aroma with gentle balsamic undertones. It is simultaneously calming and clarifying — the oil that almost everyone knows, and almost everyone loves. Lavender has no known hazards and no known contraindications. It is safe for the whole family.

• A profound antioxidant aromatic — research from Chinese scientists found that lavender upregulated all three major antioxidant enzyme levels in subjects within just the first day of treatment, supporting the body’s natural defence against cellular stress.
• One of the most studied natural allies for sleep and anxiety — a 2013 literature review in the International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice found a lavender preparation consistently relieved sleep disturbance, anxiety, and low quality of life, with no side effects, interactions, or withdrawal symptoms reported.
• A skin-supporting powerhouse — traditionally and clinically associated with soothing sunburns, minor cuts, skin irritation, and dry skin, particularly when blended with a carrier oil like coconut or aloe.
• Broadly antimicrobial — nearly one hundred published studies have documented lavender’s role as an antimicrobial protectant. Researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand found that lavender-cinnamon and lavender-orange blends produced the most powerful results.
• A naturally mood-lifting and neurologically supportive aromatic — regularly used to promote a sense of calm focus, emotional resilience, and a quieter mind.
• Exceptionally safe and gentle — considered suitable for the whole family, including young children, pregnant women, and sensitive individuals when used as directed.

How to Use

Blends Beautifully With

Cedarwood  –  Vetiver  –  Bergamot  –  Frankincense  –  Geranium  –  Rose  –  Ylang Ylang  –  Peppermint

A Word from Our Heart

We love that lavender is the oil that brought modern aromatherapy into the world — through an accident, a burned hand, and an astonished chemist who couldn’t explain what he was seeing. We serve a God who often works like that: through the unexpected, the ordinary, the overlooked. Lavender is proof that extraordinary gifts sometimes come in the most familiar of packages.