Geranium (Floral)

Geraniums are prolific bloomers and come in a spectacular number of colors and varieties. They also come in a variety of fragrances, such as lemon, rose, apple, peppermint, nutmeg and others.

Our geranium is a true geranium scent—romantic and feminine. As a middle note fragrance, it rounds out your recipe. It works as a great mediator scent, acting as a common ground when blending two very different scents together. It balances recipes with really light delicate scents and really heavy, deep scents, bringing the two together without affecting the overall fragrance too much. Geranium is great for blending with other florals for added depth and dimension.

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Gardenia (Floral)

There are approximately 250 different species of Gardenia. They are small evergreen shrubs with white or pale yellow flowers. They are prized for their strong sweet scent.

Gardenia is a key ingredient in many popular perfumes, including J. Lo Glow, Intrusion by Oscar de la Renta, Elizabeth Taylor's Gardenia, Kimora Lee Simmons' Goddess, and others by Givenchy, Gucci, Liz Claiborne, Nina Ricci and more.

Our Gardenia provides a lovely lift to any floral combination. It creates a soft romantic, almost powdery, essence. Also works well in tropical, exotic blends.

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Plumeria (Floral)

Our Plumeria oil has a fresh picked, subtle and sexy fragrance. It is perfect for light and airy blends, but also makes a fabulously darkened fragrance when added to any of the Woodsy scents.

Plumeria is a flowering tree, or bush, discovered by a seventeenth century French botanist named Charles Plumier. It is native to Central America, Mexico and Venezuelaand is also grown in Australia and the Cook Islands. It generally grows no more than 2 feet tall and has dark green, shiny leaves. There are four variations of plumeria: white flowers with yellow centers, yellow flowers tinged with pink, a deep pink flower with yellow centers, and white flowers with yellow centers and red or pink tips.

Plumeria is often called Frangipani because it is reminiscent of a fragrance developed in the sixteenth century by Italian perfumer, Marquis Frangipani. Urban Botanic has both Plumeria and Frangipani—and they are delightfully different.

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Frangipani (Floral)

Frangipani, often confused with Plumeria, was developed in the 16th century by Italian perfumer, Marquis Frangipani. He marketed this to women of the upper class as a fragrance for scenting glove boxes 100 years before the plumeria flowers were discovered. However, when these flowers became popular among the elite, it reminded them of the frangipani fragrance, and therefore plumeria was nicknamed "frangipani."

This can make for a lot of confusion in the world of perfumery. Plumeria is more of a floral scent, while Frangipani has a slightly more fruity base. Urban Botanic has both Plumeria and Frangipani—and they are delightfully different.

Our Frangipani oil is very delicate and pretty. It blends well with every single UB scent! Use it to calm a dominating Herby or Spicy, or to cut down excess citrus in your scent.

A funny story: At one of my parties, a guest used Frangipani in her signature scent. She struggled with the pronunciation. When I said "frahn--juh--pah--nee" she responded, "What? French panties?!" Guess what she ended up naming her scent?

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Freesia (Floral)

Freesias are among the most popular cut flowers in the world. Named after German physician, Dr. Friedrich Heinrich Theodor Freese, freesias are known for their intensely sweet and citrusy perfume.

In bloom, freesias make for great aromatherapy. In a perfume, freesia is often used as a middle note, rounding out other scents in the recipe. You'll find freesia in many popular perfumes, such as Acqua di Gio by Giorgio, Intuition by Estee Lauder, Rapture by Victoria's Secret, Red Door by Elizabeth Arden and Paris Hilton by Parlux Fragrances.

Freesia is a light and airy floral, clean and crisp. This fragrance is fantastic on its own or blended with nearly any other fragrance to give it a fresh and sweet accent. Guaranteed to delight your scentsitivities!

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Wisteria (Floral)

Wisteria is a climbing vine that grows native in the Eastern United States, China, Korea and Japan. It has lovely flowers in purple, pink, blue or white. Chinese Wisteria is the most fragrant, but they all smell wonderful.

Wisteria has a somewhat exotic and musky scent, sharp and alluring. It is fantastic and unique all on its own, but when mixing with other florals, it yields deep, leafy garden or cool meadow type scents.

Wisteria can act as a mediator scent, to balance and round out the other scents in your recipe.

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