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💖It’s Our Valentine’s Weekend Sale💖. Fall in love with a new aromatic you’ve always wanted to try here at our apothecary. 15% off storewide until February 15. Happy Valentine’s Day from Snoopy, Oudy and the gang here at Essential Oil Apothecary. ***Please note: this time of year before new growing seasons begin can be a […]

I recall the first time I laid eyes on this calamari of the fruit world. Buddha’s Hand intrigued me. I had never seen it in Canada and had no idea what to do with it when I bought one lonely withered one once I was planted in California. It didn’t smell much like citrus and

Jonquil flowers, symbolic of good luck, their arrival recorded in 1750. As Greek mythology goes, Pluto – god of the underworld kidnapped Proserpina, goddess of the underworld while she was gathering lilies. Shocked and afraid, she dropped lilies which quickly turned to jonquil flowers. Perhaps Proserpina had been under the olive tree where I found

Today is Chinese New Year. Farewell Tiger and welcome Rabbit. Thank you for the upcoming year of grace, beauty, mercy and good luck. I’m looking forward to it. I thought I’d start off the new lunar year with a distillation of green tea. Although this green tea is from overseas, all future distillations will be

I don’t know about anyone else but I feel like we got through 2022 on the skinny: it was transitional, it was tough and I still don’t exactly know how we got through some days and weeks. But thanks to all the generous support from everyone I interacted with, sold to and thought of, we’re

Dec 20/21: Today is Solstice Eve, day before the shortest day of the year and also my birthday. I’ve decided to celebrate my five decades on this earth, four and a quarter of them picking plants and flowers, three of them searching for a long lost soulmate that is likely from another time and space,

We’re having the “Oh Fudge, it’s Christmas” sale. Shop your favorite handmade Californian distillations, rare curated small production essential oils, absolutes, concretes, floral waxes and apothecary extractions for bespoke gift making and gift giving. Sale ends on what we Canadians affectionately Boxing Day, December 26th. With over three hundred aromatics and counting, we are the

I hate short endings so we’ve decided to extend our 20% off sale until Monday December 5th because there’s still a lot of holiday to go. Enjoy and happy holidays from all of us here at EOA.

Shop our biggest sale of the year! 20 % off with no minimums, free shipping and samples included in every order. Sale ends November 29th!

We are so excited to be bringing our Filipino Series to the apothecary this month as our holiday treat. Ylang ylang direct from a Ylang farmer, Calamansi essential oil and Elemi resin plus essential oil and many others are coming direct from the distillery. I have long sought after essential oils such as Manilla Copal