Mandarin Organic essential oil

Citrus reticulata 

AKA: Citrus reticulata Blanco, 

RELAXING, CALMING, DE-STRESS

IDENTITY

INCI name: Citrus reticulata (Mandarin) peel oil

CAS number: 8008-31-9

SKU code: EO-MAN-0010

EXTRACTION METHOD: Cold Pressed

PARTS USED: Peels

ORIGIN: South Africa

COMMON NAMES: Mandarin, Orange mandarin, mandarin essence.

APPEARANCE: Orange liquid oil

ODOUR NOTE: characteristic of mandarin peel.

QUALITY: 100 % pure and natural organic essential oil.

Active ingredients: Limonene, γ-terpinene

STORAGE CONDITION:  Store in a cool dark place

Mandarin is a fruit rich in vitamin C, that strengthens the immune system. It is ideal included fresh in your diet in periods of chilly weather and of seasonal changes when your immune system needs a boost.

Mandarin essential oil is renowned for its most calming and relaxing properties. It is called the “anti-stress” essential oil, one of the best to stimulate good-moods and overall well-being environments.  

Diffused 30 min before bedtime, Mandarin essential oil has a reputation to promote a relaxed and restful sleep. 

Mandarin essential oil is often added to skincare routine for its tonifying and purifying qualities.

Like most essential oils from the Citrus family, Mandarin essential oil CAN BE PHOTOSENSITIZING. AVOID SUN EXPOSITION AFTER USE.

Mandarin is a fruit rich in vitamin C, that strengthens the immune system. It is ideal included fresh in your diet in periods of chilly weather and of seasonal changes when your immune system needs a boost.

Mandarin essential oil is renowned for its most calming and relaxing properties. It is called the “anti-stress” essential oil, one of the best to stimulate good-moods and overall well-being environments.  

Diffused 30 min before bedtime, Mandarin essential oil has a reputation to promote a relaxed and restful sleep. 

Mandarin essential oil is often added to skincare routine for its tonifying and purifying qualities.

Like most essential oils from the Citrus family, Mandarin essential oil CAN BE PHOTOSENSITIZING. AVOID SUN EXPOSITION AFTER USE.

MASSAGES, SKINCARE & BEAUTY

• Targeted body massages: ++ 1 drop in 10 ml C.O. or butter.To help restore calm and invite sleep, apply a few drops of this massage oil, on your inner wrists, your solar plexus, your feet archways or your spine. Massage slowly and inhale deeply.
• Purifying properties: Apply diluted, to the affected areas. 

DIFFUSION

• Ultrasonic & Steam diffusion: 1-2 drops in 100 ml water. ++

OTHER:

• Homecare: a few drops in base soap to disinfect surfaces

Reported benefits & properties:

• Rich in limonene and gamma-terpinene
• Calming, relaxing, mildly Sedative: +++
• Antiseptic - bactericidal, antiviral, and antifungal action:  ++
• Diminishes stretch marks: ++ 
• Sebum regulator: ++
• Digestive tonic: +++
• Circulatory: ++
• Skin tonifying, stimulating: ++ 
• Anti-spasmodic 
• Analgesic.

In air diffusers, 

To help with Insomnia, sleep disorders

To calm anxiety, nervous tension, stress, nervousness

To help brightendepressive, sad moods, promote wellbeing.

In burnout, fatigue…

To fight nausea

To purify the air and 

To fight residual or unpleasant smells. (kitchen, bathroom, tobacco…)

On the skin, 

diluted in carrier oils, Hydrosols or Aloe vera (equal parts with vegetable glycerine), lotions or creams.

With a carrier oil, to calm the sting of insect bites.

As a skin toner, 

cleansing, circulatory care, at night: acne, excess of sebum, water retention & cellulite massage

In the cosmetic industry, Mandarin essential oil is added to lotions, creams, soaps, and perfumes bases.

Sprayed on pillows, fabrics, on tissues

2 drops on a tissue, inhale, to combat nausea

Diluted in equal parts water/ hydrosol and vegetable glycerine or in alcohol denaturized.

• Calming and relaxing: Lavender, Petitgrain bigarade, Roman chamomile
• In diffusers: Cinnamon, Clove
• In general: with other citrus Orange, Grapefruit, and bay leaf.

PLEASE NOTE: Mandarin color, as a fruit, starts up green, its skin rich in chlorophyll. As the fruit matures and the days shortens, the mandarin skin loses its charge in chlorophyll and takes on a yellow color up to the ripe bright orange skin. Mandarin essential oils are obtained by the cold expression of the pericarp, also called fruit skin or peel.

The 3 colors variant of Mandarin essential oils, green- yellow-orange, are therefore not obtained from different variety of Mandarin but solely from the Citrus reticulata Blanco. The fruits are just harvested and distilled at different stages of their maturity and that is reflected in the resulting essential oil color. 

While all mandarin essential oils share the same relaxing and calming properties, the essential oil of green Mandarin will have a more acidic, crisp, greener and tonic aroma, the yellow mandarin essential oil will be sweeter, slightly more fruity and floral than the green and finally the orange Mandarin essential oil is the sweetest, roundest and fruitiest of them all.

Do not use during the first 3 months of pregnancy / breastfeeding 

Keep out of reach of children and pets.

As a general rule, always perform a skin patch test before using your essential oils for the first time.

DO NOT USE UNDILUTED and seek medical and specialist advise when in doubt