Melissa Essential Oil

Melissa officinalis

Melissa is steam distilled from the flowering tops of Melissa officinalis. Ours comes from certified organic growing in Bulgaria. The aroma is fresh and lemony, with a herbaceous, softly rosy floral edge.

That lemony quality comes from two aldehydes, geranial and neral (together known as citral). Geranial averages around 23% in our batches, and neral typically falls between 8-22%. There's also a good amount of the sesquiterpene β-caryophyllene, reaching 25% in some batches. Aldehydes as a family make up close to 45% of the oil on average. Melissa is valued for its antimicrobial and antifungal properties, and it's a favorite of mine in blends for immune support. It's potent, so a drop or two is usually plenty.

Every batch is independently GC-MS tested, and each batch's full report lives right here on this page.

Shop Now Safety Data Sheet Organic Certification

Batch History & Chemistry

Batch	Distilled	Origin
MLS-119	06/01/2024	Bulgaria
MLS-118	06/01/2022	Bulgaria
MLS-117	06/01/2021	Bulgaria
MLS-116	08/15/2020	Bulgaria
MLS-115	08/15/2019	Bulgaria

Batch MLS-119

Print Report Original GC-MS Report

Distillation date: 06/01/2024
Extraction: Steam Distilled
Cultivation: Certified Organic
Country of origin: Bulgaria

Top 5 components

of 96 measured

ComponentFamily%

geranialAldehyde26.68%

neralAldehyde18.82%

β-caryophylleneSesquiterpene15.59%

germacrene DSesquiterpene7.24%

geranyl acetateEster4.73%

Aldehyde

geranial26.68%

neral18.82%

citronellal2.45%

isogeranial · (E)-isocitral0.72%

isoneral0.55%

nonanal0.18%

isogeranial · exo-isocitral0.05%

2,6-dimethyl-5-heptenal0.02%

2-hexenal0.01%

myrtenal0.01%

2-decanal0.01%

Sesquiterpene

β-caryophyllene15.59%

germacrene D7.24%

α-caryophyllene1.13%

δ-cadinene1.09%

α-copaene0.84%

(Z,E)-α-farnesene0.71%

β-elemene0.44%

(E,E)-α-farnesene0.40%

β-cubebene0.34%

(E)-β-farnesene0.33%

β-copaene0.33%

γ-cadinene0.31%

γ-muurolene0.18%

allo-aromadendrene0.17%

9-epi-caryophyllene0.12%

α-cadinene0.09%

β-caryophyllene · cis-caryophyllene0.07%

δ-elemene0.05%

α-cubebene0.04%

(Z)-cadina-1(6),4-diene0.04%

(E)-cadina-1,4-diene0.04%

β-selinene0.03%

(E)-α-bergamotene0.02%

δ-amorphene0.02%

Ester

geranyl acetate4.73%

methyl geranate0.62%

methyl citronellate0.45%

neryl acetate0.40%

(Z)-muurola-4(14),5-diene0.10%

methyl salicylate0.04%

(Z)-3-hexenyl acetate0.02%

geranyl formate0.02%

Monoterpenol

geraniol1.82%

nerol0.71%

linalool0.67%

citronellol0.37%

τ-cadinol0.19%

α-terpineol0.09%

(E)-carveol0.07%

neoisopulegol0.05%

3-hexen-1-ol0.02%

Monoterpene

(E)-β-ocimene1.55%

limonene (d)0.26%

β-myrcene0.19%

(Z)-β-ocimene0.14%

alloocimene0.05%

sabinene0.04%

α-pinene0.03%

γ-terpinene0.02%

camphene0.01%

β-pinene0.01%

p-cymene0.01%

terpinolene0.01%

Sesquiterpenol

α-cadinol0.43%

α-muurolol · α-muurolene0.33%

1-octen-3-ol0.33%

germacrene D-4-ol0.21%

τ-muurolol0.20%

α-muurolol0.06%

1-decanol0.06%

epi-cubenol0.04%

3-octanol0.04%

1,10-epi-cubenol0.03%

allohimachalol0.03%

junenol0.01%

(E)-nerolidol0.01%

Ketone

6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one1.49%

β-damascenone0.03%

Oxide

caryophyllene oxide1.07%

α-pinene oxide0.12%

rosefuran oxide0.07%

humulene epoxide 20.05%

(Z)-rose oxide0.05%

(E)-rose oxide0.03%

linalool (Z)-oxide0.01%

allo-aromadendrene epoxide0.01%

Other

12.45 undecyne<1->0.28%

15.01 verbanol<neo->0.09%

geranate0.06%

phenylacetaldehyde0.02%

octane0.02%

nonacosane0.01%

1-hexanol0.01%

Diterpenol

phytol0.01%

Furan

perillene0.01%

More Products Containing geranial

44%

Essential Oil

Lemon Myrtle Essential Oil

Backhousia citriodora

38.15%

Essential Oil

May Chang Essential Oil

Litsea cubeba

33.95%

Essential Oil

Lemongrass Essential Oil

Cymbopogon flexuosus

32.77%

Essential Oil

Honey Myrtle Essential Oil

Melaleuca teretifolia

11.73%

Essential Oil

Lemon Thyme Oil

Thymus ct citriodorus

10.28%

Essential Oil

Lemon Verbena Essential Oil

Aloysia citrodora