Ingredient

Lavandula Latifolia Herb Oil (Spike Lavender Oil)

Lavandula latifolia

Benefits

Energizing

Sick of that stuffy, under-the-weather feeling? Let spike lavender oil clear your mental fog and help you get back to your best. 

The name latifolia means ‘broadleaf’ and perfectly describes the oval leaves that adorn this lavender variety’s woody stems. Oil is obtained from these summer-blooming flowers using steam distillation. 

What are the benefits of spike lavender?

• Energising
• Helps alleviate stuffiness
• Clears the mind to boost focus

Spike lavender has a more invigorating, fresh, herbaceous aroma than its famous cousin, Lavandula angustifolia, due to a higher content of naturally occurring compounds, camphor and eucalyptol. Thought to help with headaches and congestion, it is popular in traditional blends designed to ease colds. And it’s not just malaise that gets banished, spike lavender is thought to naturally repel insects too!

Where does Lush source spike lavender?

We purchase spike lavender from a family-run supplier in Murcia, Spain, who have been both growing the plant and distilling its oil for over 60 years.