IDENTIFICATION

• INCI Name: Achillea Millefolium Oil 
• CAS Number: 8022-07-9; 84082-83-7 
• SKU code: [SKU-BYA-01]
• EXTRACTION METHOD: Low-pressure steam distillation 
• PARTS USED: Flowering tops and aerial parts 
• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Bulgaria 
• COMMON NAMES: Blue Yarrow, Milfoil, Herba Militaris, Soldier's Woundwort, Carpenter's Weed 
• APPEARANCE: is a deep blue to ink-navy mobile liquid; turns teal/aquamarine upon dilution. Colour will fade after a while if exposed to light. 
• ODOUR / ODOUR NOTE: Crisp, dry-herbaceous, green-bitter, and slightly camphoric with sweet-hay undertones; diffusive middle note with moderate tenacity 
• QUALITY: 100% pure and natural, whole essential oil 
• MOLECULAR COMPOSITION: Germacrene D (~10.8%), β-Caryophyllene (~10.5%), Sabinene (~10.2%), Camphor (~8.9%), β-Pinene (~7.6%), Chamazulene (~7.4%), Chrysanthenyl acetate (~3.5%), 1,8-Cineole (~1.8%), Thujone (~1.1%) 
• SOLUBILITY: Completely soluble in plant carrier oils, cosmetic butters, plant waxes, and high-proof ethanol; insoluble in water 
• STORAGE CONDITION: Keep your bottle tightly closed, in a cool, dry place protected from sunlight and heat sources. Refrigeration or cool storage (in the brown bottle) is recommended to protect the delicate monoterpenes and chamazulene from oxidation. Store safely away from children and pets. 

Please note: this essential oil blue colour, acts like a mild natural dye and can temporarily stain or discolour white or light-coloured linens (or white plastic containers). It can leave faint blue, green, or yellowish spots if sprayed too closely, but it will not permanently damage the fabric fibres if washed correctly.

GOOD FOR: Tired And Heavy Legs, Stiff Joints and Tight Muscles, Lower Abdominal Tension, Visible Redness Skins, Blemish-Prone and Congested Skin, Enlarged Pores, Post-Blemish Marks, Superficial Skin Cracks, Calming, Centering Meditative Or Breathing Works Blends. 

• Vascular & Venous Toning: Tones lax vessel walls and helps blood and fluids circulation, making it a natural choice for heavy-leg rubs, spider vein care, and localized puffiness. 
• Skin calming, anti-inflammatory, anti-itching: Skin Soothing & Heat Clearing: Soothes Red, Reactive & Flushed Skins. Helps take the fire out of red, irritated, or sun-stressed skin and provide cooling comfort to sensitized barriers. After exposure to harsh outdoor elements, winter cold, or dry sun. For sensitive or flushed complexions to feel settled, cooled, and balanced.
• Astringent, antibacterial, antiseptic, Clarifying & Pore Refining: provide a natural astringent touch that tightens enlarged pores, balances sebum, and purifies blemish-prone complexions. Helps regulate excess surface oil without stripping away moisture, keeping pores clean and clear.
• Anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, Muscle & Joint Recovery: Camphor, 1,8-cineole, and β-caryophyllene act together to calm irritations, boost local micro-circulation, to ease stiffness and soothe post-workout muscle aches. 
• Cicatrisant (closed tissues), cellular regenerating, Closed-Tissue Knitting: Helps encourage healthy tissue repair and cell renewal on closed skin abrasions and fading scars once bleeding has fully stopped. 
• Calmative, sedative (Mental): Grounding & Centering. Quiets Mental Chatter & Centres Restless Energy.  The earthy, sweet-herbaceous aroma gently anchors the nervous system, quietens overactive thoughts, and eases emotional tension before bedtime, meditation and yoga 

• in MASSAGES, BODY CARE & BEAUTY: +++
  • Body massages: Diluted into rich carrier oils to massage upward along tired, heavy legs and over overworked knees, wrists, and tight muscles after physical exercise or long-standing hours. 
  • Body care: in soothing balms and barrier balms to soothe superficial skin cracks, chapped hands, rough heels, and hardened skin patches. 
  • Abdominal rubs: For gentle, warm rubs over the lower abdomen to ease heavy, stagnant pelvic tension and menstrual cramping. 
  • Face care: Blended into daily facial oils to clarify congested pores, balance excess surface shine, and calm lingering redness from blemishes or seasonal skin sensitivity. 
  • Compresses: Added in to cool damp cloth compresses applied over hot, overworked joints or tense temples. 
• For INHALATION: ++
• Blended into personal inhalers tubes for quiet, composed grounding during moments of stress. 
• OTHERS: ++
  • Natural Perfumery: Used as a specialty modifier in modern fougère, herbal, and earthy leather accords. Blue yarrow carries a sharp, crisp, camphorous top note right out of the bottle. This gives perfume an immediate, clean energy before it settles into sweet, herbaceous base.
• in AIR DIFFUSION: +
  • Ultrasonic diffusion: can be diffused sparingly, and always in a blend, (1drop maximum in a blend with other essential oil) to support focused breathing. 
  • Sprays: blended in room mists (avoid direct spraying on light-coloured fabrics). 

Blue Yarrow is a potent, concentrated essential oil containing natural camphor, traces of thujone, and intense chamazulene pigment; it must always be diluted prior to skin application. 

• Facial Care & Blemish Serums (+++): (0.2% - 0.5% dilution): Add 1 to 2 drops per 30 ml of lightweight carrier oil (such as Kalahari Melon Seed or Jojoba). 
• Targeted Blemishes, Acne Spot Salves & Balms (+++): (0.5% - 1.0% dilution): Add 3 to 6 drops per 30 ml (or 50 g) of melted plant butter and wax base. 
• Body & Upward Leg Massage (+++): (1.0% - 1.5% dilution): Add 3 to 4 drops per 10 ml of carrier oil (such as Arnica macerate or Tamanu oil). 
• Lower Abdominal Soothing Rub (++): (1.5% - 2.0% dilution): Add 4 to 5 drops per 10 ml of carrier oil, massaged gently in slow circles. 
• Ambient Diffusion & Room sprays (+): Use sparingly—maximum 1 drop per 100–150 ml water tank, combined with sweet citrus or frankincense to soften the sharp herbal notes. Run in intermittent cycles of 20 to 30 minutes. 

For more detailed information, please check our [LINK TO Instructions of use essential oils page]. DO NOT USE UNDILUTED ON THE SKIN AND SEEK MEDICAL AND SPECIALIST ADVICE WHEN IN DOUBT. SEE OUR PAGE ON PRECAUTION - HOW TO USE ESSENTIAL OILS SAFELY. 

WARNING: These properties, indications and methods of use are taken from reference works or websites in aromatherapy, hydrolatherapy and phytotherapy. They are found there regularly and for many confirmed by observations in scientific circles. However, this information is given for informational purposes, it cannot in any case constitute medical information, nor engage our responsibility. For any use for therapeutic purposes, consult a professional medical doctor. 

Soothing Balm (50 g) A soft waterless balm made with natural waxes, calming carrier oils and butter to nurture chapped or cracked skin spots, and stressed barriers.

• 19 g Jojoba Oil 
• 10 g Kalahari Melon Seed Oil 
• 10 g Shea Butter 
• 5.75 g Tamanu Oil 
• 4 g Botaniwax or candellila Wax (or 8 g Beeswax pellets) 
• 0.5 g Vitamin E 
• 7 drops Blue Yarrow Essential Oil 
• 4 drops German Chamomile Essential Oil 
• 3 drops Helichrysum (H. italicum) Essential Oil 

Instructions: Gently melt the wax and Jojoba oil in a heat-safe beaker over a warm water bath until clear. Remove from heat and stir in the Shea Butter and Kalahari Melon Seed Oil until smoothly dissolved. As the mixture cools slightly down (to around 50°C), blend in the Tamanu oil and Vitamin E. Let it cool down some more (warm to the touch, skin temperature but still liquid), stir in your essential oils thoroughly for 30 seconds. Pour into clean jars or aluminium tins and place in the refrigerator for 20 minutes to set smoothly without graininess. 

Tonic veins and capillary Massage Oil (50 ml): A cooling, circulatory synergy to stimulate sluggish circulation. Ideal for Broken facial capillaries, spider veins, bruised skin, localized varicose congestion and to ease tired, heavy lower legs

• 25 ml Arnica Infused Carrier Oil 
• 15 ml Jojoba Oil 
• 9 ml Tamanu Oil 
• 1 ml Vitamin E 
• 6 drops Blue Yarrow Essential Oil 
• 5 drops Cypress Essential Oil 
• 4 drops Helichrysum (H. italicum) Essential Oil

Instructions: Combine the carrier oils and Vitamin E in a 50 ml amber glass pump bottle. Add the essential oils and shake several times to disperse. Smooth upward from ankles toward knees in slow, rhythmic, sweeping strokes. Avoid aggressive pressure directly over raised varicose veins (Always be gentle to yourself). 

Blemish & Redness Face Serum (30 ml): A jade-tinted facial oil to purify congested pores and calm post-blemish redness.

• 18 ml Kalahari Melon Seed Oil 
• 10 ml Jojoba Oil 
• 1.5 ml Laurel Berry Oil 
• 0.5 ml Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols) 
• 2 drops Blue Yarrow Essential Oil 
• 2 drops Cape Chamomile or Fine Lavender Essential Oil 

Instructions: If the Laurel Berry oil is semi-solid, warm the bottle gently in a cup of warm water until fluid. Measure the carrier oils and Vitamin E into a 30 ml amber dropper bottle. Add the essential oils. Roll the bottle gently between your palms to blend into a beautiful jade oil. Press 3 to 4 drops over clean, slightly damp skin morning and evening. 

Meditation Pulse-Point Rollon Oil (10 ml): A grounding roll-on recipe to quiet mental chatter.

• 2 drops Bergamot (FCF) Essential Oil 
• 2 drops Frankincense Essential Oil 
• 1 drop Fine Lavender Essential Oil 
• 1 drop Blue Yarrow Essential Oil 
• 9.8 ml Jojoba Oil (to top)

Instructions: Add the essential oils directly to an empty 10 ml amber glass roller bottle. Close the cap, swirl the drops together and let them rest for 5 minutes so the other notes begin binding with the blue yarrow. Top up to the shoulder with Jojoba oil and insert the roller ball securely. Glide over pulse points, wrists, and neck during quiet pauses, yoga, or breathwork rituals. 

Stillness (Meditation & Deep Grounding)

• 5 drops Frankincense (Boswellia carterii) 
• 4 drops Atlas Cedarwood (Cedrus atlantica) 
• 1 drop Blue Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) 

Option1: for a roll-on: add all the drops in to a 10ml roller bottle and top up with a carrier oil

Option 2: for a room spray or mist: add all the essential oil drops in a 50ml bottle with spray. Add 1 tablespoon of perfumer’s alcohol, mix well to blend. Top up with water/hydrosol.

Open Prana (Yoga, Breathwork & Clarity)

• 5 drops Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis) 
• 3 drops French Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) 
• 1 drop Blue Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

Option1: for a roll-on: add all the drops in to a 10ml roller bottle and top up with a carrier oil

Option 2: for a room spray or mist: add all the essential oil drops in a 50ml bottle with spray. Add 1 tablespoon of perfumer’s alcohol, mix well to blend. Top up with water/hydrosol.

How Natural Perfumers use blue yarrow essential oil: Blue yarrow can bridge the gap between bright top notes and heavy base fixatives. It has a powerful herbal aroma and is used sparingly*, as a specialty material, and modifier rather than a primary note:

• To Build Modern Fougère & Herbal Accords: In green, rustic, or forest-floor perfumes, to add an authentic, wild, crushed dry weed and sun-baked meadow nuance. With lavender, clary sage, oakmoss, galbanum, and bergamot.
• To Cutt Floral and Sweetness: If a floral bouquet (like rose geranium, jasmine, or rose) or a rich, resinous or vanilla base becomes overly powerful, a mini dose of blue yarrow tempers that edge and adds natural complexity and sophistication.
• In Earthy, moist dark-earth (“Peaty”) and Leather bottom Notes and Accords

Because of its camphor dryness, perfumers sometimes blend Blue Yarrow with vetiver, patchouli, labdanum, and cistus to create dry leather or "botanical smoke" accords.

(*) Pre-dilute 1% or 5% in perfumer’s alcohol first (or jojoba oil). Add the pre-diluted juice drop-by-drop after in your blend (A standard undiluted drop can easily turn a delicate perfume recipe into an apothecary liniment!)

Please note:

• Colour Transfer: In transparent perfumes or light oil-based roll-ons, even a tiny quantity will turn the juice pale blue to deep aquamarine/teal. As a Natural Perfumer, you either embrace this hue as a natural visual feature, or you must dose Blue Yarrow low enough to prevent staining skin and clothes.
• The Yarrow blue colour in a spray or perfume, can temporarily stain or discolour white or light-coloured linens, but it will not permanently damage the fabric fibres if washed correctly.
• It is Safe to use on Dark or Patterned Linens: The blue mist will be completely invisible. It can leave faint blue, green, or yellowish spots if sprayed too closely on White or Light Linens.
• If you make a perfume or a room spray, Mist from a Distance: Spray  30 cm to 45 cm away from sheets or curtains. This allows the alcohol mist to atomise completely so no heavy droplets land on fabric.
• If a Stain Happens: Do not panic. Chamazulene is highly sensitive to light and oxygen. The blue spot will naturally fade on its own over a few days, or it will wash right out in a standard laundry cycle with regular detergent.

Room & Pillow Spray (Alcohol-Based)- 60ml (100ml bottle with spray)

• 40 ml high-proof Perfumer's Alcohol (Base)
• 12 drops Bergamot, sweet orange or Grapefruit essential oil (top note):to lift up Blue Yarrow
• 8 drops Blue Yarrow (Middle Note): for a sweet, chamomile grounding
• 5 drops Cedarwood or Frankincense (Base Note): to make the scent last on fabrics
• 20 ml Water or hydrosol

Instructions: Mix the oils into the alcohol first, shake well, then add the water/hydrosol.

" Blue Ocean Mist" Eau de Parfum (Alcohol-Based)- 30ml

For a traditional spray perfume. It will show off the true, vibrant blue colour beautifully in a clear glass bottle. 

A Note on the Colour: If you use a clear glass bottle, the eau de parfum will look like clear ocean water. Over the coming months, as the perfume ages and matures (called maceration), the scent will become smoother and less sharp, and the colour may slowly shift to a beautiful calmer hue of blue.

• 24 ml Perfumers base (long wear or natural) 
• 6 ml Water 
• Top Notes: 25 drops Bergamot + 10 drops Grapefruit
• Middle Notes:  12 drops Blue Yarrow + 8 drops Lavender
• Base Notes: 5 drops Frankincense + 3 drops Cedarwood

How to Make It:

1. Pour the 24 ml of ethanol directly into your perfume bottle.
2. Add all the essential oils. Shake well. The high-proof alcohol will dissolve the oils perfectly and turn a beautiful blue.
3. Slowly add the 6 ml of distilled water. The blend might turn slightly cloudy for a moment—this is normal.

Important for Dry Skins: Because this contains alcohol, spray this strictly on your hair, clothes, or the outer fabric of your jacket rather than directly onto your skin.

"Deep Aegean" Perfumed Oil (Oil-Based)- 30ml

Best for dry to very dry skin, this is the most therapeutic choice. The essential oils Blend stay at a safe 2% Skin Dilution; Jojoba and macadamia will lock in moisture, and the oil will turn a mesmerizing, pale sea-green/blue.

• 20 ml Jojoba Oil (Highly stable, mimics skin sebum, extends perfume life)
• 10 ml Macadamia Oil (Rich, velvety, and deeply nourishing)
• Top Notes: 8 drops Bergamot + 4 drops Sweet Orange
• Middle Notes: 4 drops Blue Yarrow + 2 drops Lavender
• Base Notes: 2 drops Sandalwood or Cedarwood

How to Make It:

1. Mix the jojoba and macadamia oils together in a 30 ml amber or clear glass roller bottle.
2. Drop in the essential oils one by one.
3. Roll the bottle smoothly between your palms to blend.

How to Use It: Roll it directly onto your pulse points (wrists, neck, behind the ears). It provides a beautiful, intimate scent bubble that hydrates your skin instead of drying it out.

"Earth & Meadow" (Natural Botanical Perfume Accord – in a 10 mL Roll-on bottle add: 

• 4 drops Bergamot (FCF)
• 3 drops Rose Geranium
• 2 drops Vetiver
• 1 drop Blue Yarrow
•  And 10ml Jojoba oil (to top)

Carrier oils:

• For Varicose veins, broken capillaries, stubborn scars: Tamanu (Calophyllum inophyllum) cicatrizing and venous tonic; amplifies yarrow's toning and repair qualities 
• For Oily skins, congested, active acne: Kalahari Melon Seed: High linoleic acid (~68%), phytosterols, non-comedogenic, featherweight dry oil; restores lipid barrier without clogging pores 
• For inflamed pustules, blemish spots, microbial acne: Laurel Berry oil: Lauric acid, with traces of natural essential oil. Potent natural antibacterial, purifying, and antiseptic action. 
• For All-over uses, clarifying serums, daily maintenance:  Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis): Wax esters (closely mimics sebum), Balances overactive sebaceous glands; stable base.
• For Heavy legs, bruises, Bumps & Swelling, spider veins:  Arnica-infused oil (not on broken skins): stimulate blood circulation, reduces bruising, reduces fluid accumulation and swelling after a minor trauma or fall. 

Essential oils:

• Bright Citrus (Sweet Orange, Bergamot FCF, Grapefruit): to lift the dry herbal bite, add radiant warmth, and balance earthy bitterness. 
• Gentle Florals (Fine Lavender, Roman Chamomile, Rose Geranium): to soften camphoric edges, ease skin discomfort, and create rounded botanical accords. 
• Restorative Conifers & Drainage Oils (Cypress, Atlas Cedarwood, Siberian Fir): to support open breathing and amplify vascular and lymphatic movement in tired limbs. 
• Deep Resins & Earthy Anchors (Frankincense, Helichrysum, Haitian Vetiver): to anchor the middle notes, boost tissue regeneration, and deepen meditative focus. 

Aromatherapy and natural cosmetic recipes celebrate several famous "blue oils" Understanding their core differences ensures you choose the right essential oil for your synergies and your recipes goals: 

Circulatory essential oils: Blue Yarrow vs Helichrysum italicum

Understanding the Difference 

Blue Yarrow: The Vascular Toner & Cooling Calmer

• Tightens and tones: Blue yarrow contains natural astringent molecules. It acts like a supportive brace for sluggish circulation, tightening lax vein walls that have lost their elasticity. 
• Cools the heat: The rich blue chamazulene acts like a splash of cold water on hot, irritated, or throbbing areas. 
• Pore and blemish care: Its gentle astringency helps tighten enlarged pores, balance oily patches, and calm lingering redness once a spot has formed. 

Helichrysum: The Bruise Disperser & Skin Rebuilder

• Clears pooled blood: Helichrysum is rich in Italidiones, unique compounds that help break down trapped, clotted blood under the skin. Instead of tightening a vessel, it encourages the body to clear black-and-blue marks rapidly. 
• Supports micro-capillaries: It works closely with fragile, tiny facial capillaries (like spider veins on cheeks) to rebuild and protect the delicate vascular bed. 
• Skin remodelling: It is the premier choice for smoothing the look of mature scars and encouraging healthy skin turnover. 

Which One Should You Choose?

Reach for Blue Yarrow when you have:

• Heavy, throbbing legs or bulging varicose discomfort after standing on your feet all day. 
• Hot, tender, or red swollen joints after heavy yard work or exercise. 
• Congested, blemish-prone skin with visible redness and enlarged pores that need clarifying astringency. 
• Superficial skin cracks or raw, chapped patches needing a soothing, cooling barrier. 

Reach for Helichrysum when you have:

• A fresh bump, bang, or impact injury that is turning dark purple or black-and-blue. 
• Deep hematomas and swelling from accidental kitchen knocks, DIY bangs, or sports bumps. 
• Fine spider veins on the face (couperose/rosacea) or delicate surface redness around the nose and cheeks. 
• Scars or post-procedure marks where the skin is closed and you want to encourage smooth, supple healing. 

When to Combine Both

Because they do not cancel each other out, pairing them 1:1 creates the ultimate circulatory and skin-restoration blend: 

• Helichrysum breaks up and clears trapped blood, while Blue Yarrow tones and tightens the vessel walls to prevent further sluggish pooling. 
• Try this synergy: In 30 ml of infused Arnica oil or Tamanu oil, blend 3 drops Blue Yarrow and 3 drops Helichrysum. It makes an exceptional rescue oil for stubborn spider veins, heavy legs, and tender areas after accidental bumps and knocks. 

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) The Herb vs. its Distilled Essential Oil: A Practical Distinction 

Ancient healers and battlefield surgeons across Europe called yarrow Herba Militaris, Soldier's Woundwort, and Staunch weed, packing freshly bruised leaves directly into gashes to halt bleeding on the spot. In clinical phytotherapy, this immediate haemostatic (blood-stopping) action is performed by water-soluble tannins and the alkaloid Achilleine, which mechanically clot surface proteins. 

Because steam distillation captures only lipophilic, volatile molecules, heavy tannins and alkaloids remain behind in the distillation water. Therefore, Blue Yarrow essential oil is not a direct clotting agent for actively bleeding cuts—concentrated terpenes should never be placed onto open lacerations. Instead, the distilled oil excels in the essential phases after bleeding has stopped: it helps reduce inflammatory heat (chamazulene), tone lax capillary walls, and encourage fibroblast activity to make healthy collagen and knit tissue together smoothly.

Unlike the essential oil, the Yarrow herb (dry) and its mother tincture (liquid herb) do possess genuine haemostatic and coagulant properties.

• Do not use during pregnancy or while breastfeeding due to natural ketone conte- α/β-thujone (in traces) and camphor- and emmenagogue actions (stimulating menstrual flow and toning the uterus, uterine smooth muscle stimulation).
• Not suitable for individuals diagnosed with epilepsy or seizure disorders due to camphor and trace thujone.
• Do not use on infants or young children under 6 years of age.
• For external use only; never apply neat or directly onto open, actively bleeding wounds.
• Individuals with known allergies to the Asteraceae (daisy) family should perform a 24-hour patch test before full use. 

Natural Pigment: While diluted blends (under 0.5%) absorb sheerly into the skin without staining, concentrated droplets will stain light fabrics, porous stones, and light plastics.