Essential oil of Sweet orange

Serves 6 - Preparation: 20 minutes - Cooking time: 6 minutes.

• 500 g of raspberries

• 3 oranges

• 175 g of caster sugar

• 100 ml of water

• 1 drop of Mandarin essential oil (Citrus reticulata)

• 2 drops of Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis) essential oil

• 1 drop of grapefruit (Citrus paradisi) essential oil

• 1 or 2 drops of Star Anise (Illicium verum) essential oil to taste.

Directions: Wash the raspberries and blend in a food processor. Peel the oranges, reserve the peel and squeeze the juice. Dissolve the sugar in the water and bring to the boil for 3 minutes. Add the peel and boil for 3 minutes, uncovered, over a very high heat. Add the essential oils. Remove the peel and set aside. Leave the syrup to cool, then add the orange juice and raspberry pulp. Freeze in an ice-cream maker.

• 3 to 5 drops of Orange essential oil

Use: Add to custards, desserts and pastries.

For 10 250 g jars - Preparation: 30 minutes - Cooking time: 1 hour.

• 4 kg of sugar

• 4 kg of green tomatoes

• 1 kg of apples

• 2 lemons

• 2 drops of Seville or Bitter Orange (Citrus aurantium var. amara) essential oil

• 1 drop of Lemon (Citrus limomum) essential oil

• 2 drops of Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis) essential oil

Directions: Wash the tomatoes, dry them and cut them into quarters. Put them in a pot with the same weight of sugar and the juice of the lemons. Leave to simmer until the juice is reduced and the jam begins to thicken. Add the peeled and sliced apples and simmer for 30 minutes. Add the essential oils. Pour into jars and cover.

Serves 8 - Preparation: 20 minutes - Cooking time: 50 minutes.

• 300 g of acacia honey

• 250 g of wholemeal flour

• 50 g of almond powder

• 100 ml lotion

• 1 egg

• 20 g of butter for the tin

• 1 sachet of baking powder

• 1 drop of ginger (Zingiber officinalis) essential oil

• 1 drop of Cinnamon bark (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) essential oil

• 1 drop of Clove (Syzygium aromaticum) essential oil

• 1 drop of Anise (Pimpinella anisum) essential oil

• 1 drop of Lemon (Citrus limomum) essential oil

• 2 drops of Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis) essential oil

• 1 drop of grapefruit (Citrus paradisi) essential oil

Directions: Preheat the oven to 170 °C (gas mark 5–6). Gently heat the lotion and acacia honey, then remove from the heat as soon as it comes to a boil. Mix the flour and baking powder in a bowl. Then add the almond powder. Mix well and make a well. Gradually pour in the lotion and acacia honey mixed with the essential oils, stirring constantly with a spoon. Finish by adding the egg. Grease the tin, pour in the batter and bake for around 50 minutes.

Serves 6 - Preparation: 15 minutes - Marination: 2 to 3 hours.

• 700 g of fresh tuna

• 6 limes

• 300 ml of coconut lotion

• Fleur de sel

• Black pepper

• 1 drop of grapefruit (Citrus paradisi) essential oil

• 2 drops of Orange (Citrus sinensis) essential oil

Directions: Mix the coconut lotion and essential oils in a bowl. Cut the fish into thin slices. Place in a bowl, season with salt and cover with lime juice. The fish is ready to eat after 2 to 3 hours, when the lime has cured it completely.

Discard the juice and season with the flavoured coconut lotion. Add a little fleur de sel and pepper. Serve chilled.

• Lemon (Citrus limomum) essential oil: 2 drops

• Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis) essential oil: 1 drop

• Grapefruit (Citrus paradisi) essential oil: 1 drop

Directions: Mix with 200 ml of syrup.

Use: Drizzle over your cakes: you'll be amazed at the results.

• Lemon (Citrus limomum) essential oil: 2 drops

• Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis) essential oil: 2 drops

• Grapefruit (Citrus paradisi) essential oil: 1 drop

Directions: Add to 60 ml of Rapeseed oil.

• Orange essential oil: 5 drops

• Seville Orange essential oil: 2 drops

• Lavender essential oil: 5 drops

Use: Combine with 2 tablespoons of lotion powder and add to the bath just before getting in.

• Baking soda: 100 g

• Maize flour: 50 g

• Citric acid: 50 g

• Sesame or Jojoba oil: 10 drops

• Sweet orange essential oil: 8 drops

• Seville orange essential oil: 5 drops

• Grapefruit essential oil: 2 drops

Method: In 2 tablespoons of bicarbonate, mix the carrier oils and essential oils drop by drop. Pour the remaining bicarbonate, flour and citric acid into a bowl. Add the first mixture to the oils, stirring vigorously for a few minutes. Now comes the hard part: Add the hydrosol very gently, spritz after spritz, stirring well and leaving half a minute between sprays to avoid a foaming reaction. The powder needs about 30 spritzes to reach the desired moisture content. This quantity is a guide only. It is ready when the powder is barely damp. Fill the moulds, pressing well. Leave to dry for 24 hours before carefully removing from the mould, and a further 24 hours before use. Store in a very dry place to avoid bomb sabotage.

• Bergamot essential oil: 2 drops

• Orange essential oil: 3 drops

• Lemon essential oil: 3 drops

• Peppermint essential oil: 1 drop

• Cinnamon essential oil: 1 drop

Directions: Mix with a tablespoon of crème fraîche, clay, lotion powder or neutral base.

Use: Add the mixture to the bath and mix well before getting into the bath.

• Seville Orange essential oil: 10 drops

• Ylang-ylang essential oil: 10 drops

• Sweet Orange essential oil: 10 drops

• True Lavender essential oil: 10 drops

Use: Diffuse this mixture for half an hour in the morning and evening in living areas, preferably using an electric diffuser.

• True Lavender essential oil: 1 ml

• Marjoram essential oil: 1 ml

• Orange essential oil: 0.5 ml

• Organic sesame carrier oil: enough to make up 15 ml

Use: Massage in this mixture to induce sleep. Use after your evening bath.

Aroma-Zone Note: Do not expose children's skin to the sun after application.

• Mandarin essential oil: 1 ml

• True Lavender essential oil: 1 ml

• Ravintsara essential oil: 1 ml

• Sweet Orange essential oil: 2 ml

Use: Diffuse for 10 to 20 minutes in the evening before going to bed.

• apricot kernel carrier oil: 10 ml

• Jojoba carrier oil: 9 ml

• Sweet Almond carrier oil: 5 ml

• Olive carrier oil: 5 ml

• Evening Primrose carrier oil: 30 drops

• Orange essential oil: 3 drops

• Seville Orange essential oil: 2 drops

• Lavender essential oil: 1 drop

Directions: Mix all the ingredients in a bottle. Wait a few days before use and store in a cool, dark place.

Use: Apply to damp skin in the evening after cleansing your face thoroughly. For an even more beautiful evening, you can accompany this oil with a large glass of warm lotion with a teaspoon of honey and a teaspoon of orange blossom hydrosol.

• Fresh or dried marshmallow leaves: 60 g

• Mineral water: 200 ml

• Beeswax: 60 g

• Cocoa butter: 60 g

• Sweet Almond carrier oil: 50 g

• Grapefruit Seed extract: 4 drops

• Sweet Orange essential oil: 60 drops

• Lemon essential oil: 60 drops

Directions: Place the marshmallow leaves and water in a saucepan, bring to the boil, and leave to simmer for around 60 minutes. Remove from the heat and leave to cool, then strain the mixture and pour 40 ml back into the saucepan. Melt the Beeswax and Cocoa butter in a bain-marie. Reheat the marshmallow mixture. When it is almost boiling, pour it into the Beeswax mixture a little at a time, mixing with an electric mixer to form an emulsion. Finally, add the Grapefruit Seed extract and the essential oils. Pour into a sterilised container and store in the fridge.

• Apricot oil: 80 ml

• Coconut oil: 80 ml

• Glycerine: 2 tablespoons

• Orange blossom hydrosol: 2 tablespoons

• Beeswax: 4 tablespoons

• Orange or Mandarin or Petitgrain essential oil: 10 to 15 drops

Directions: Melt the beeswax in the mixture of oils and glycerine over a bain-marie. Remove from the heat and whisk in the orange blossom hydrosol, then the essential oil. Pour into a bottle.

Aroma-Zone comment: Store preferably in a pump bottle. Use within two weeks of preparation. You can improve storage by adding ten drops of grapefruit seed extract.

• Carrot carrier oil: 100 ml

• Castor or Calophylla carrier oil: 50 ml

• Carrot essential oil: 25 drops

• Orange essential oil: 20 drops

Directions for use: Apply to dry, blotchy skin as a treatment oil. Can also be used as an aftersun treatment.

• 50 ml of Jojoba carrier oil

• 10 drops of Geranium essential oil

• 10 drops Juniper essential oil

• 10 drops of Orange essential oil

• 10 drops of Cypress essential oil

Directions: Mix the ingredients in a tinted glass bottle.

Use: Gently massage into the affected areas of the skin every day. As Orange essential oil is phototoxic, you are advised not to expose yourself to the sun for several hours after application.

To moisturise your skin and restore its suppleness and softness

• 1 egg

• 1/2 cup of olive oil

• 1 tablespoon of glycerine

• 1/2 cup of lotion powder

• 20 drops of Lavender essential oil

• 10 drops of carrot essential oil

• 10 drops of Orange essential oil

• 2 cups of warm water

Directions: In a bowl, beat the egg and mix with the olive oil, glycerine and lotion powder. Then add the essential oils while continuing to stir. Finally, slowly dilute with a little lukewarm water. Store in the fridge.

Use: Add 1/2 cup of the mixture to the bath and stir the surface before going in.

• Rice flour: 50 g

• Corn flour: 50 g

• Iris powder: 1 teaspoon

• Orange or lemon essential oil: 4 to 5 drops

Directions: Place the rice flour, corn flour and iris powder in an airtight container. Add the essential oil. Close the container and shake vigorously until the mixture is smooth.

Use: Sprinkle over your skin and rub in.