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Botanical name: Myristica fragrans

Color: Clear

Consistency: Very thin

Perfumery note: Middle

Related Planets/Deities: Jupiter/Female deities

Aroma: Spicy, sharp, rich, slightly abrasive

Energetic Properties: Warming, relaxing, calming

Aromatherapy Properties: A water-white or pale yellow mobile liquid with a sweet, warm-spicy odor and a terpeney top note. It blends well with oakmoss, lavandin, bay, balsam Peru, orange geranium, clary sage, rosemary, lime, petitgrain, mandarin, coriander and other spice oils.

Spiritual Uses: Although Nutmeg is associated with Pagan holidays such as Yule and Samhain, it is also a key component in the incense used in worship on the Jewish Sabbath. As a naturally warm plant, it is associated with the celebration of winter light festivals. Nutmeg is also used in both love magick and charms to aid in obtaining money and other material goals.

Blends well with: Black pepper, Sandalwood, Lavender, Patchouli, Oakmoss, and Rosemary.

History: Nutmeg has been used in medicine since at least the 7th century, and was highly prized in Medieval Europe for its culinary and medicinal uses. Muslim sailors noted it as an extremely valuable commodity. In Elizabethan England, Nutmeg was believed to have the ability to ward off the Black Plague, and so it became very expensive. Until the mid-1800s, the Banda Islands were the world’s only source of Nutmeg. Long and bloody wars were fought amongst European countries to secure control of these Islands. Commercial production of Nutmeg now exceeds 9,000 tons a year.