Perfume or incense
Neroli
Perfume or incense1 tradition
Neroli is distilled from bitter orange blossom and named for a 17th-century Italian princess who scented her gloves with it. It is an oil of joy, love, and calm confidence.
Uses
- Joy and calm
- Love
- Confidence
Working with it
Wear a drop of diluted neroli on the wrists before a nerve-wracking event.
- Botanical name
- Citrus aurantium
- Planet
- ☉︎ Sun
- Kind
- Essential oil
- Element
- Fire
- Works for
- HarmonyLoveConfidence
- Forms
- essential oilflowers
- How to use
- Anointing oilDiffuser or oil burnerRitual bath
- Dilution
- About 12 drops per ounce (30 ml) of carrier oil for skin. More on oils.
Projective
Where the traditions place it
- Sun — Common practice