oil of lavender

American  

noun

1. an essential oil distilled from lavender flowers, especially Lavandula angustifolia and L. stoechas, and used in perfumery.

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Example Sentences

In yoga studios, it’s a common practice for the instructor to end class by daubing essential oil of lavender on spent students’ temples.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2019

Essential oil of lavender can have a calming effect, so try two to three drops on a bandanna around her neck two to three times a day.

From Washington Post • May 12, 2017

I about half fill a wine-glass with this pulverised bitumen; I pour upon it, drop by drop, the essential oil of lavender until the bitumen is completely saturated.

From The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years by Werge, John

The varnish used in this operation is the ordinary etching-ground in balls, dissolved in oil of lavender in a bath of warm water.

From A Treatise on Etching by Lalanne, Maxime

An American Polish Reviver.—Take of olive-oil 1 lb., of rectified oil of amber 1 lb., spirits of turpentine 1 lb., oil of lavender 1 oz., tincture of alkanet-root ½ oz.

From French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction by Bitmead, Richard