Essential Oils

As beautiful as they are functional, these all natural, hand-made Banksia aroma pods are crafted from the iconic and uniquely Australian Banksia seed pod. Banksia is a particularly porous material and will soak up your essential oil and fragrance your room for weeks, and can be refilled to keep your space smelling beautiful.

As beautiful as they are functional, these all natural, hand-made Banksia aroma pods are crafted from the iconic and uniquely Australian Banksia seed pod. Banksia is a particularly porous material and will soak up your essential oil and fragrance your room for weeks, and can be refilled to keep your space smelling beautiful.

As beautiful as they are functional, these all natural, hand-made Banksia aroma pods are crafted from the iconic and uniquely Australian Banksia seed pod. Banksia is a particularly porous material and will soak up your essential oil and fragrance your room for weeks, and can be refilled to keep your space smelling beautiful.

100% Pure Bergamot Essential Oil - Certified Organic*

Put your nose to a bottle of AWO’s Organic Bergamot Essential Oil and you’ll be treated to a delightfully delicate, light and refreshing aroma – something like oranges and lemons mixed with slight floral overtones. With its wide variety of medicinal powers, Bergamot Essential Oil is considered excellent for both mental and physical equilibrium and healing.

Bergamot Essential Oil is well known for its calming yet uplifting character, so it’s can be great for anxiety, depression, nervous tension and negative emotions in general.

Its antiseptic abilities help combat infection, particularly when used in a sitz bath to fight urinary infections, or in helping to reduce fever. It also acts as a deodorant, a digestive stimulant and can be added to a base lotion to soothe skin problems such as eczema and psoriasis.

Added bonus – it’s a great insect repellent, plus helps keep pets away from plants.

Bergamot Essential Oil blends well with Chamomile, Cypress, Eucalyptus, Geranium, Lavender, Lemon,Petitgrain and Ylang Ylang essential oils.

Botanical Name: Citrus aurantium var. bergamia

Plant Part: Fruit Rind

Method of Extractions: Cold Pressed & debergaptenised per (fractional) distillation

Country of Origin: Italy

Safety: Avoid during pregnancy. Flammable liquid. Adults only, not to be used on children under two years of age without medical advice.

Non-Phototoxic: Normally, Bergamot Essential Oil contains naturally occurring bergaptens or furo/furano-coumarins, which are known to cause skin phototoxicity. This means that skin can discolour when exposed to direct sunlight, and in some cases cause burning. It is for this reason that a bergapten-free or non-phototoxic version of Bergamot EO has been created.

100% Pure Eucalyptus Camaldulensis Essential Oil - Certified Organic*

With its distinctively fresh evocation of the bush, the aroma of Eucalyptus Camaldulensis Essential Oil will be instantly familiar to you. Having a reassuringly medicinal smelling woody undertone, Eucalyptus Camaldulensis Essential Oil is a very widely used andversatile oil, great for both therapeutic and household uses.

You’re probably aware of Eucalyptus oil’s widespread use for the treatment of minor burns, blisters, cuts and minor wounds and skin infections. It’s also very effective in helping to ease muscle and joint pain, stimulating poor circulation, and easing the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and nerve pain. Eucalyptus essential oils can also assist with lessening allergy symptoms and headaches, as well as strengthening the immune system against colds, flu, measles and chicken pox.

Eucalyptus oil also works wonders as a natural household aid. It’s commonly used in shower, floor and toilet cleaners, in disinfectants and in carpet stain removers. Plus it’s often a key ingredient of dog washes and insect repellents.

So stock up on a versatile bottle of Eucalyptus Essential Oil as a natural alternative to everyday products – it’s sure to come in handy. Choose Australian Wholesale Oils’ Organic Eucalyptus Camaldulensis Essential Oil, or one of our other 100% pure Eucalyptus Essential Oil varieties.

Eucalyptus Radiata Essential Oil blends well with Cedarwood, Lemon, Lemongrass, Lemon Myrtle, Lemon Tea Tree, Pine Scotch and Tea Tree essential oils.

Botanical Name: Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Plant Part: Leaves

Method of Extraction: Steam Distillation

Safety: Non toxic, non-irritant and non-sensitising. Avoid during pregnancy.

100% Pure Frankincense Serrata Essential Oil - Certified Organic*

You’ll no doubt be aware of frankincense’s long history as a potent incense. With its earthy, woody aroma mingled with spicy, fruity notes, Frankincense Serrata Essential Oil has been used over millennia in spiritual rituals. Calming and comforting if you’re feeling anxious, stressed or nervous, it’s still used by many religions today, and of course Frankincense Serrata Essential Oil is great for meditation, helping to clear and focus your mind.

One of our best sellers, Frankincense Serrata Essential Oil is also known for its many medicinal benefits, particularly when it comes to the respiratory system. When diffused or inhaled, it helps strengthen your immune system against colds and flu, and assists in relieving the symptoms of bronchitis, congestion, and asthma.

Frankincense Serrata Oil is also great for skincare, assisting in alleviating blemishes, wrinkles, stretchmarks, scars and minor wounds. Plus it’s known to help balance both oily and mature, dry skin.

Bonus: A drift of frankincense blended with water in your diffuser will leave a room smelling fresh and fabulous for hours.

Frankincense Serrata Essential Oil blends well with Basil, Cinnamon, Clary Sage, Mandarin, Myrrh, Peppermint and Ylang Ylang essential oils.

Botanical Name: Boswellia serrata

Plant Part: Resin

Method of Extraction: Steam Distillation

Country of Origin: Australia 

Appearance: Clear, Pale Yellow in colour and Thin in consistency

Safety: Non-toxic, non-irritant and non-sensitising. Avoid during pregnancy

100% Pure Lavender Essential Oil - Certified Organic*

You’ll almost certainly need no introduction to the wonderfully sweet, floral and herbaceous aroma of AWO’s pure Organic Lavender Essential Oil. Perhaps the most well-known of the essential oils and for good reason, Lavender Oil is renowned for its vast therapeutic properties, and is a prized ingredient in everything from cosmetic and skin care products to aromatherapy applications.

Lavender Oil is well valued for its relaxing, calming, soothing and sedative properties, and its ability to help relieve stress, anxiety, irritability and nervous tension. It’s also thought to reduce pain, enhance blood circulation and treat respiratory problems. Plus it’s identified as safe to use on children, adults and the elderly.

In skincare, Lavender Oil has a reputation for its antiseptic, cleansing and detoxifying properties, along with being an excellent agent for dry, sensitive and irritated skin. It’s said that Lavender Oil is one of the most beneficial oils in the treatment of acne, as well as other skin complaints such as eczema, psoriasis, scarring and wrinkles. Also, did you know it’s been shown to be effective for treating hair loss?

Try adding a few drops (2-5%) to a carrier oil to help reduce the appearance of scars and wrinkles, diffusing 30-60 minutes before bedtime to promote calm and relaxation, or adding to a base massage oil to assist with sore muscles and joints.

It’s clear that no home should be without this versatile essential oil!

Lavender Essential Oil blends well with Black Pepper, Cedarwood, Cinnamon, Clary Sage, Clove Bud, Cypress, Juniperberry, Palmarosa, Patchouli, Peppermint, Pine, Rose Absolute, Rosemary, Tea Tree and most Citrus & Floral essential oils.

Botanical Name: Lavandula angustifolia

Country of Origin: Bulgaria

Plant Part: Flowers and twigs

Method of Extraction: Steam Distillation

Safety: Non toxic, non irritant and non sensitizing

100% Pure Lemon Essential Oil - Certified Organic*

You’ll love the light, refreshing, citrusy tang of Australian Wholesale Oils’ Pure Organic Lemon Essential Oil, and you’ll appreciate its widespread benefits – both for body and mind – even more!

Lemon Essential Oil’s astringent properties are said to be effective in treating oily skin by counteracting the production of sebum, making it a great anti-acne aid. It can also be helpful in cleansing greasy hair, lifting dead skin cells and invigorating a dull complexion. Plus its antiseptic abilities make it well suited to treating cuts and wounds, and easing painful insect bites and cold sores.

Not only that, Cold Pressed Lemon Essential Oil can help to soothe and relieve headaches and migraines, boost mental alertness, clear the mind and improve decision making. You’ll find it’s very useful in times of mental fatigue, making Lemon Essential Oil a must-have for studying.

Lemon Essential Oil blends well with Basil, Bergamot, Carrot Seed, Cedarwood, Eucalyptus, Fennel, Frankincense, Lavandin, Lime, Palmarosa, Petitgrain, Rosemary and Spearmint essential oils

Botanical Name: Citrus limon (L.) Burm

Country of Origin: Italy

Plant Part: Fruit Rind

Method of Extraction: Cold Pressed

Safety: Non-toxic, but may cause skin irritation in some. Lemon is also phototoxic and should be avoided prior to exposure to direct sunlight. Avoid during pregnancy

100% Pure Lemongrass Essential Oil - Certified Organic*

If you’re not already familiar with it, you’ll love the aroma of our Pure Organic Lemongrass Essential Oil. It’s fresh and citrusy, with grassy and herbaceous notes.

However, AWO's Organic Lemongrass Essential Oil is much more than just a pretty smell! Because of its astringent properties, it’s widely used in facial toners, to help reduce outbreaks, combat greasy skin and fight blemishes. It’s also known as an energising stimulant, making it a great reviver - particularly helpful when it comes to combating jet lag.

Lemongrass oil also shares many characteristics with citronella, so can be an effective insect repellent.

Lemongrass Essential Oil blends well with Basil, Bergamot, Black Pepper, Carrot Seed, Fennel, Ginger, Patchouli, Pine, Ylang Ylang and most citrus essential oils.

Botanical Name: Cymbopogon flexuosus

Plant Part: Leaves

Method of Extraction: Steam Distillation

Safety: May cause skin irritation. Avoid during pregnancy.

100% Pure Orange Sweet Essential Oil - Certified Organic*

Sourced from Italy, AWO’s pure, Organic Orange Sweet Essential Oil, with its sweet citrus fragrance, is helpful if you want to give your senses a refreshing, uplifting boost. Plus Orange Sweet Essential Oil is prized for a number of other therapeutic benefits as well.

In keeping with the health giving properties of oranges, orange essential oil can help alleviate the symptoms of colds and flu, and ease inflammations such as acne and water retention. It can also assist with strengthening your immune system and boosting your general wellbeing.

Orange Sweet Essential Oil is popular for soothing irritated, dry skin. It can also help to relax and calm you if you’re feeling stressed, anxious, nervous or angry, and has been known to help children to fall asleep at night.

Orange Sweet Essential Oil blends well with Cedarwood, Cinnamon, Clary Sage, Clove Bud, Frankincense, Ginger, Lavender, Pepper Black, Sandalwood, Tea Tree, Ylang Ylang and most citrus essential oils.

Botanical Name: Citrus sinensis

Country of Origin: Italy

Plant Part: Fruit Rind

Method of Extraction: Cold Pressed

Safety: Flammable. Orange Oil is phototoxic* and should be avoided prior to exposure to direct sunlight. Avoid during pregnancy

*Phototoxic: Application to skin may increase sensitivity to sunlight.

100% Pure Peppermint Essential Oil (Mentha Arvensis) - Certified Organic*

We’re all familiar with the unique, fresh scent of peppermint, and AWO’s pure, Organic Peppermint Oil Mentha Arvensis encapsulates this sweet, ‘minty’, clean aroma. Plus Peppermint Oil has a whole lot of other benefits too!

You may not be aware of all the many applications for Peppermint Essential Oil, however, this versatile essential oil is primarily known for its clearing and antiseptic properties. It’s most commonly used to help alleviate headaches, migraines, hay fever, sinus congestion and cold and flu symptoms, and it can also help soothe temper and assist with battling emotional fatigue. Plus peppermint essential oil is also popular as a fragrancing agent in candles and soaps.

Also, did you know that Peppermint Essential Oil is also an effective rodent deterrent? As well as a powerful repellent for spiders, wasps, bees and mosquitoes.

Peppermint Essential Oil Mentha Arvensis blends well with Clary Sage, Clove Bud, Grapefruit, Jasmine, Lavender, Lemon, Lime,Mandarin, Nerolina, Orange, Palmarosa, Rose Geranium andRosemary essential oils.

Botanical Name: Mentha arvensis

Other Names: Cornmint Oil

Country of Origin: India

Plant Part: Herb

Method of Extraction: Steam Distillation. Dementholised.

Safety: In low dilution, non-toxic and non-irritant. Sensitisation may be a problem due to its high Pulegone content. Avoid during pregnancy.

100% Pure Tea Tree Essential Oil - Certified Organic*

AWO’s pure, quintessentially Australian-smelling Organic Tea Tree Essential Oil has a fresh, earthy and herbaceous aroma, traditionally associated with medicinal use. You won’t be surprised to learn that Aboriginal Australians have used tea tree for millennia, prizing itsanalgesic, antifungal, antibacterial, decongestant, healing, diaphoretic, stimulant and deodorant properties. The leaves were historically used as a substitute for tea, which is how it got its name.

Tea Tree Essential Oil is commonly used in personal care products such as lotions, creams, gels, washes, shampoos and various cosmetic products to help heal wounds and ease inflammation. It can also help to reduce symptoms of acne, burns, sunburn, insect bites, blisters, eczema, chickenpox, coldsores and athlete’s foot, just for starters, and is also great for dandruff, head lice, foot odour and oily skin.

As if all this wasn’t enough, Tea Tree Essential Oil is also known to boost respiratory function – helpful if you have sinusitis, asthma, bronchitis or whooping cough.

Try adding 15–20 drops of Tea Tree Essential Oil to a full spray bottle of water to create an all purpose, naturally disinfecting cleaner, mould killer, laundry freshener and insect repellent. A must for your home!

Tea Tree Essential Oil blends well with Clary Sage, Clove Bud, Geranium, Lavandin, Lavender, Pine and Rosemary essential oils.

Botanical Name: Melaleuca alternifolia

Country of Origin: Australia

Plant Part: Leaves and twigs

Method of Extraction: Steam Distillation

Safety: Flammable. Non-toxic, non-irritant, though may be sensitising to some people. Should not be applied to deep wounds or near eyes, nose or ears. Avoid during pregnancy.

100% Pure Ylang Ylang Essential Oil (Complete Grade) - Certified Organic*

Ylang Ylang Oil is an interesting oil due to its different stages of extraction, each which yield different aromas and composition. The oils are extracted at different times during the lengthy distillation which explains the grades which are Extra, 1st, 2nd, 3rd & Complete (or VOP). Extra grade is distilled for the shortest duration of time before the essential oil is collected. The distillation process is then continued for a further amount of time before the 1st grade is collected. The same process is continued for 2nd & 3rd grade. Ylang Ylang Complete grade means the oil has been distilled in a complete, uninterrupted process.

AWO’s pure, Organic Ylang Ylang Complete Essential Oil has a very floral, sweet aroma, with intriguing hints of spice. Whilst it has been distilled for a similar amount of time to our Ylang Ylang 3rd Essential Oil, the uninterrupted distillation process creates a different aroma.

Ylang Ylang oil is best known for its balancing and calming properties, often described as bringing on a feeling of bliss. It’s said to be soothing if you’re feeling stressed, anxious and having trouble sleeping, helping you feel to feel peaceful and relaxed. Ylang Ylang Complete Essential Oil is also recommended for helping to alleviate extreme mood swings.

Ylang Ylang Complete Essential Oil blends well with Bergamot,Cedarwood, Cinnamon, Frankincense, Lime, Lemongrass, Mandarin,Orange and Palmarosa essential oils.

Botanical Name: Cananga odorata

Country Of Origin: Madagascar

Plant Part: Flower

Method of Extraction: Steam Distillation (fractions)

Safety: Non-toxic, non-irritating and non-sensitising. Avoid during pregnancy