Ingredient

Ginger Oil

Zingiber officinale

With a peppery scent and an underlying sweetness, ginger oil stimulates the senses and puts us in the mood for a sweet treat. Applied to the skin or infused in a warm bath, it is antiseptic, warming and relaxing.

Ginger root is the edible part of the ginger plant, which thrives in India, Africa and Indonesia. Like turmeric, cardamom and galanga, it belongs to the Zingiberaceae family and is a distant relative of the banana. Although the ginger plant grows up to three feet tall, it’s the root that is used in food, medicine and cosmetics.

The ginger root is a rhizome, which means that it grows horizontally underground. These are harvested and used fresh to obtain their essential oil or an absolute, or dried and ground into a powder, which has a stronger flavor than the fresh root.