# Tansy, Blue (Moroccan Chamomile)

> Blue tansy from Morocco, a deep indigo oil with a fresh, honeyed apple scent, rich in azulene and lovely in skin care blends at gentle dilutions.

Price: 20.00 USD · in stock

## About
Tip the bottle and the oil runs a deep, inky indigo, the blue of the sky an hour after sunset. Then the scent arrives, and it is not what the color promises: fresh and honeyed, with the sweetness of a ripe apple.This is Blue Tansy, also called Moroccan Chamomile: Tanacetum annuum, organically produced and steam-distilled from the flowers in Morocco. It is the annual tansy, not the high-thujone Tanacetum vulgare that grows wild in the American Southwest and is often warned against in aromatherapy. Its high azulene content makes it a lovely alternative to German Chamomile or Yarrow in skin care blends, where it pairs especially well with Helichrysum, and a touch of it rounds out Pine and Cypress in the diffuser.DetailsBotanical name: Tanacetum annuumOrigin: MoroccoMethod: steam distillation of the flowersOrganically producedShelf life: about 3 to 4 years after openingAlso sold in a pre-made inhalerHow to useUse it in weak dilutions, under 5 percent, where it does its best work, blended into a carrier oil with Helichrysum for skin care or added by the drop to a diffuser. For external and aromatic use only; never take it internally. Store it in the dark and refrigerated, and decant a half-empty bottle into a smaller one to extend its shelf life.A small vial of blue dusk to keep among the evening oils.