Anima Mundi | Organic Essential

Melaleuca alternifolia

Tea Tree oil is one of the most well-known essential oils for purifying and cleansing. Tea Tree effectively supports wellness and is an excellent oil to employ during the challenging winter season. Organic Tea Tree oil is an important addition to your home medicine cabinet and first aid kit due to its fast and effective healing capabilities.

Tea Tree oil has shown a high degree of efficacy in clearing and promoting healthy nails. It can also be applied topically in ointments, salves and compresses to encourage skin health and is an important oil for cleansing and restoring healthy skin tissue when properly diluted.

Aromatic Profile: 

• Odor: pungent, pure, camphorous, balsamic and bittersweet
• Strength of Initial Aroma: strong

Bursera graveolens Palo Santo

Palo Santo essential oil is steam-distilled from the wood of Bursera graveolens, a tree native to South America and revered for centuries in spiritual and ceremonial traditions. With its soft, resinous, and gently citrusy aroma, Palo Santo is a staple in our apothecary—valued for its unique scent and ritual significance.

Rich in naturally occurring limonene, Palo Santo’s aroma is often used in diffuser blends or palm inhalation to promote a sense of clarity and calm. Its scent is grounding yet subtly elevating, making it a favorite for meditative practices, reflective moments, and creative rituals.*

With a smooth sweetness reminiscent of Frankincense, Palo Santo oil also adds warmth and depth to body oils and massage blends. Use it to enrich your personal care routines or to create a sacred aromatic atmosphere for ritual or rest.*

Aromatic Profile: 

• Perfumery Note: top to middle
• Odor: citrus with resinous wood notes, fresh
• Strength of Initial Aroma: strong
• Dry-out: soft, gentle, musky
• Blends Well With: other woods and resins such as Cedarwood, Frankincense, Sandalwood and Myrrh

Ocimum sanctum Tulsi Holy Basil 

Tulsi, also known as Holy Basil, is a revered aromatic herb widely used in Ayurvedic traditions as a symbol of purification and protection. Often planted in courtyards across India, Tulsi is regarded as sacred and is thought to support clarity, presence, and spiritual connection through its vibrant aroma.*

Our Tulsi essential oil is steam-distilled from the leaves of Ocimum sanctum, offering a bold, herbaceous scent with notes of spice, mint, and warm clove. Often referred to as an “Elixir of Life” in traditional herbal texts, Tulsi has a long-standing place in folk and ceremonial wellness practices.

Emotionally, its aroma is uplifting and clarifying—ideal for moments of reflection or to help energize your environment. Diffuse Tulsi to invite freshness and focus into any space, or blend it with citrus, conifer, or floral oils for a radiant, herbaceous uplift.*

Aromatic Profile: 

• Perfumery Note: middle or top
• Odor: sharp, fresh, sweet-spicy, camphorous, herbaceous-minty, licorice-like
• Strength of Initial Aroma: strong
• Dry-out: balsamic, clove/anise-like
• Blends Well With: citrus oils and florals; Bergamot, Clary Sage, Geranium, Lime, Opopanax, Oak Moss and Citronella

Boswellia serrata Frankincense 

Frankincense essential oil is one of the most treasured and historically significant botanical oils in the world. Distilled from the resin of the Boswellia tree, its scent is deeply grounding—earthy, balsamic, and subtly citrusy. Used in spiritual traditions for thousands of years, Frankincense has long been associated with ritual, reflection, and meditative practices.*

A few drops diffused or inhaled from the palms can invite a sense of clarity and calm, helping to create sacred space for prayer, creativity, or contemplation. When blended with a carrier oil, Frankincense becomes a beautiful companion to bodywork, intentional movement, or post-yoga self-care.*

Its ancient aroma has been described as temple-like—an anchor for presence and a bridge between the physical and spiritual. Frankincense belongs to the family of sacred scents, known to support stillness, grounding, and deep inner connection.*

Aromatic Profile: 

• Perfumery Note: base to middle
• Odor: clean, resinous, woody, balsamic
• Strength of Initial Aroma: medium
• Blends Well With: citrus oils such as Grapefruit and Bergamot, spice oils such as Basil and Black Pepper; also Neroli, Sandalwood, and Galbanum