Don’t get too excited — chances are that geranium in your garden isn’t going to be the cure for what ails you. There are more than six hundred different varieties of scented geranium. South African rose geranium is the main source for geranium essential oil. Geranium (or rose geranium) wasn’t distilled into essential oil form until the nineteenth century, making it a relative latecomer to aromatherapy. Geranium essential oil has a rose-like scent, and is often used in making synthetic rose oil and diluting or stretching true rose oil. The essential oil itself is a deep green in color and … Continue reading →