<tc>Cypress essential oil, Frantsila</tc>

Frantsila Cypress (cupressus sempevirens) essential oil has a smoky, sweet balsamic, long-lasting fragrance . Cypress oil is known for its warming and uplifting properties.

It treats, cleans, relieves stress and relaxes. The fresh fragrance of cypress oil raises the feeling of walking in a quiet spruce forest.

Essential cypress oil can help balance oily skin. It may also restore the skin's elasticity after, for example, weight loss.

Cypress oil helps in the fight against cellulite and can relieve fluid retention. Cypress effectively suppresses strong odors, and therefore it is worth trying, for example, to suppress sweating of the feet.

Cypress essential oil is steam distilled from the needles and small branches of the tree.

The cypress tree exudes melancholic symbolism. Cypress's Greek name means forever living. According to legend, the tree on which Christ was crucified was made of cypress wood.

Cypress essential oil was also a medicine and incense fragrance  valued by ancient civilizations. Tibetans still use cypress oil as a cleansing fragrance.