Description
Omumbiri, Commiphora Wildii essential oil has a lovely sweet fragrance, reminding one of Frankincense rather than Myrrh though it belongs to the Myrrh family.
Traditionally, the women of the Himba tribe in Northern Namibia collect and use the fragrant resin of Omumbiri to perfume themselves.
The resin is blended with Ochre and fats and applied to the skin and hair.
Commiphora wildii is processed at a community co-op facility that pays the women on the spot for their resins. Profits from the sale of the essential oil go back into the community.
Omumbiri resin is collected from the trees and ground without tapping or damaging the trees in any way making it perfectly sustainable.
While Myrhh is often a bitter, thick and dark essential oil with a scent that conveys its potent bitterness, Omumbiri is translucent and mobile with a delightful airy, soothing, sweet citrus scent and a light, dry note of mint.
After dry-down, the top notes recede to reveal a soft, musk-like scent reminiscent of warm animal fur.
Like many other essential oils distilled from resins, the aroma of Omumbiri essential oil will continue to mature, deepen and evolve with time.
This essential oil is available in wholesale quantities. For details please contact me here through the shop.
Dan
Jonas Hills –
Very pleasant scent. It smells really nice. Very good for blends!
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Zena Metz –
Absolutely glorious! A must have!
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Armando Kessler –
Smells like an earthy lemon. I diffuse it in blends where I can substitute lemon. Amazing and rare essential oil. I ordered more! 🍋
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Armando Kessler –
My second order of this special rate oil. I love that it smells of lemons (a more earthy lemon). 🍋
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Brooklyn Hansen –
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Jacquelyn Klein –
Oh my goodness I am blown away once again! I just love all of the materials I have tried so far and this order is no different! The omumbiri and bushmans candle bark extract are amazing. Thank you Dan for another wonderful experience. Guess what’s on my Christmas list this year. Lol
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Cristopher Stark –
I am so happy to add another beauty to my collection. Wonderful product, wonderful customer service!
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Emelia Sanford –
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Brooks Ryan –
not a typical smelling myrrh. I pick up a strange kind of citrus that is sweet and smooth. A bit of honey and musk facets. Slightly camphorous/incense smelling in the background. Initial whiff reminded me of cordial syrup but on closer inspection turns different.
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Mayra Morissette –
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Armando Kessler –
A really beautiful Myrrh. Smells like an earthy lemon. 🍋 Faye and Dan provide amazing customer service!
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Erika Barrows –
As I said previously, the oil was smaller than I expected. Had difficulty getting it out of the bottle.
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Danyka Gutkowski –
Definitely an unusual Myrrh, much closer to a Frankincense scent, but with its own unique twist. Lovely material with an unexpected musky dry-down.
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Yazmin Miller –
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Zoila Lindgren –
Yes i really love this oil. I have used it in a liquid castile soap. A home-grown hand sanitizer. Natural insect repelent medley. Hair and scalp stimulator. Good thing I got the big bottle.
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Lucinda Spinka –
Wonderful scent, and arrived in perfect condition.
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Jarvis Volkman –
A pourable myrrh that doesn't clog a pipette! Beautiful and super useful.
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Felipe Nitzsche –
intoxicating aroma and I love using it as a perfume, and I never use perfumes.
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Dora Gleichner –
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Jeffry Heidenreich –
Hands down one of the best around. Not just on Etsy, but anywhere. Amazing plants gathered in a good way. And the best service around. Thanks, Dan!
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Bernice Prosacco –
grest service, everything is very good quality and well packaged and labeled. very speedy shipping for me and I'm in the US.
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Clarabelle Oberbrunner –
A superb and very rare essential oil of a very rare resin! It's hard to believe this is in the myrrh family. It scent is nothing like that of typical myrrh. Instead of the bitter, earthy, and resinous notes of myrrh EO (which I love…don't get me wrong!), Omumbiri has a bright, almost lemon-lime soda type aroma that is uplifting and cheerful. It's a true pleasure to experience all the wonderful scent facets of the varied members of the Commiphora family. Gratitude to Dan for sourcing this amazing product.
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