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Venus's Own Evergreen

Myrtle Essential Oil

Clear, cool myrtle opens eucalyptus-fresh, then softens into sweet, honeyed floral tones that round out lemon, lavender, and rosemary blends.

Myrtle essential oil descends from one of the ancient world's most beloved plants, sacred to Venus and woven into wedding crowns for millennia. Steam-distilled from the glossy leaves of Myrtus communis, it is fresh, gently camphorous, and quietly floral.

From $14.37 for 0.5 oz · sizes up to 400 lbs

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Perfumers, formulators, and cologne makers

Order Myrtle in Pound Quantities

Producers can order myrtle in 5 lbs, 25 lbs, 100 lbs, or 400 lbs, and one COA covers every batch we ship.

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⚗ Small-batch distillation
🌳 Myrtus communis from Mediterranean
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Green Myrtle's Case for Your Bench

Myrtle, By Application

Soap & Candle Projects

See how one soap maker worked myrtle into a cold-process batch and tracked how its fresh scent held up through cure.

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Diffusing & Facial Mists

Diffuse myrtle for a clear, fresh room scent, or blend it into a facial mist for a gentle green finish.

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Cologne & Perfumery

Build a Mediterranean-inspired cologne or aftershave splash around myrtle's clean, gently floral character and soft honeyed depth.

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Bulk & Wholesale

Order myrtle by the pound for soap houses, candle studios, and perfumers ready to move past sample bottles.

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Three Ways To Order Myrtle

Myrtle Essential Oil 0.5 oz Evaluation Bottle
0.5 oz
$14.37

Enough to test myrtle's fresh, gently floral profile in a diffuser blend or one soap bar.

 Myrtle Essential Oil 16 oz Pilot Batch
16 oz
$119.69

A pilot size for trialing myrtle in a cologne, facial mist, or a small soap or candle run.

 Myrtle Essential Oil 5 lbs First Production Size
5 lbs
$436.93

Our first production size, priced per ounce below the bottles, made for soap houses ready for repeat batches.
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About Myrtle Essential Oil

Myrtle essential oil is steam-distilled from the leaves and twigs of Myrtus communis, an evergreen shrub of Mediterranean hillsides from Corsica to Morocco. Green myrtle, the type we favor, is distilled from fresher growth and carries a brighter profile.

Its aroma is clear and fresh with soft eucalyptus-like coolness, rounded by sweet floral and faintly honeyed facets that harsher leaf oils lack. Myrtle sits gracefully in blends with lemon, lavender, rosemary, and neroli.

Myrtle refreshes a room from the diffuser, brings a clean Mediterranean note to homemade colognes and aftershave splashes, and joins diluted facial and body-care blends where a gentle green freshness fits the ritual.

Inside Our Distillation Process

Harvest

Leaves and twigs are cut from Myrtus communis shrubs across Mediterranean hillsides while still fresh and green.

Sorting

Cut material is sorted and prepared for distillation, favoring the fresher green growth for a brighter profile.

Distillation

Steam passes through the plant material, carrying myrtle's aromatic compounds into the still before separation and cooling.

Lab Testing

Each finished batch is lab tested, with the certificate of analysis published on this site for review.

Bottling

The tested oil is bottled 100% pure and undiluted, then stored and sealed to protect its fresh aroma.

Nothing To Take On Faith

Myrtle essential oil is simple enough to verify: a single species, steam distilled, bottled 100% pure and undiluted, with nothing blended in to obscure what a buyer is actually receiving in each order.

The certificate of analysis for the current batch is published on this site, so soap makers, candle studios, and perfumers can confirm what they are buying before placing a production order.

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Myrtle Oil vs. Synthetic Fragrance Oil

Real Myrtle OilSynthetic Fragrance Oil
SourceMyrtus communis leaves and twigsLab-blended synthetic aroma chemicals
AromaFresh, clear, gently floralApproximated, often flatter or harsher
CompositionNaturally occurring plant compounds onlySynthetic isolates and diluents
DocumentationBatch COA published on this siteNo batch testing disclosed
Best forAromatic, cosmetic, craft blendingLow-cost scent approximation only

Sourcing In Four Facts

1 species

Every bottle traces to one species, Myrtus communis, nothing else blended in

Mediterranean

Grown across Mediterranean hillsides, the origin region named on every batch

Leaves & twigs

The plant part distilled for this oil, favoring fresher green growth

Steam distilled

The extraction method used for every batch, with no shortcuts substituted

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What to Know Before Buying Myrtle

Explore how myrtle pairs in blends, turns into a fragrant shower treat, and compares to its eucalyptus cousin.

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What Blends Well with Myrtle Oil: A Complete Pairing Guide

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DIY Myrtle and Eucalyptus Shower Melts: A Crisp Morning Wake-Up

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Myrtle Oil vs Eucalyptus Oil: Cousins in the Myrtle Family Compared

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Enough Myrtle To Keep Production Running

Soap houses folding myrtle into cold-process bars, candle studios building fresh green fragrance profiles, and independent perfumers formulating Mediterranean colognes all order this oil by the pound rather than the bottle. Our 5, 25, 100, and 400 pound sizes carry the same published batch documentation as our smallest bottle, so a production order never means buying blind.

Soap Houses

Cold-process and melt-and-pour soap makers work myrtle's fresh, gently floral note into batch after batch at scale.

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Candle Studios

Home fragrance studios pour myrtle into candles and melts for a clean, Mediterranean-inspired scent line.

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Perfumers & Formulators

Independent perfumers and cologne formulators build Mediterranean accords around myrtle's soft, honeyed freshness.

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Myrtle Essential Oil 5 lbs
5 lbs
$436.93
$87.39 per lb
Save 25% Myrtle Essential Oil 25 lbs
25 lbs
$1,808.35
$72.33 per lb
Save 28% Myrtle Essential Oil 100 lbs
100 lbs
$5,536.58
$55.37 per lb
Save 32% Myrtle Essential Oil 400 lbs
400 lbs
$19,016.33
$47.54 per lb
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Myrtle Oil FAQ

How much myrtle oil should go into a diffuser blend? ▾
Just a few drops of myrtle carry through a diffuser blend, opening clear and cool before settling into sweet, honeyed floral warmth. Try it alongside lemon, lavender, rosemary, or neroli, adding one drop at a time until the green freshness balances the rest of the blend.
Does myrtle oil work well in candles or wax melts? ▾
Myrtle's cool, eucalyptus-like top note and rounded honeyed floral base give candles and wax melts a clean Mediterranean character. Because the scent leans green and fresh rather than heavy, it blends easily with citrus or herbal notes without turning cloying in a warmed room.
Why is myrtle oil priced differently than common drugstore oils? ▾
Myrtle is steam-distilled in smaller batches from Mediterranean-grown Myrtus communis, not mass-farmed like many common oils, and every batch we bottle ships with its own published COA. That sourcing and documentation is reflected in the price rather than any added ingredient.
How does myrtle's aroma shift from first sniff to dry-down? ▾
Myrtle opens clear and fresh with a light, eucalyptus-like coolness, then rounds out into softer sweet floral and honeyed facets as it settles. That gentle shift is what keeps the oil from ever smelling sharp or medicinal in a finished blend.
These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. Products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.