Frankincense essential oil (Olibanum) has a strong, fresh, balsamic scent, with distinct lemon and unripe apple backnotes. The oil is pale-yellow or pale-amber in color. It is steam distilled from the resin of a small shrub with white or pale pink flowers. Frankincense is also known as Olibanum. Frankincense Essential Oil (Olibanum) blends well with the following: Basil Australian , Pepper Black, Jasmine , Lavender , Lemon - Cold Pressed, Myrrh, Neroli, Orange - Sweet, Patchouli, Pine Needle Austrian, Rose Otto Bulgarian, Rosewood Brazilian, Sandalwood East Indian, Vetiver, Ylang Ylang Extra Properties: antiseptic, astringent, carminative, cicatrisant, cytophylactic, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, sedative, tonic, uterine, vulnerary