- A luxurious blend of rich shea butter, jojoba oil, and honey helps protect and moisturize skin. The best-selling herbal fragrance of Lavender Body Lotion creates a peaceful, soothing palette for the senses. Give as a gift or combine with other Thymes products to create a wonderful gift basket. Discover the calm, fresh fragrance of Lavender by Thymes, a fragrant palette of boundless inspiration. Velvety lavender: a flowering plant in the mint family, lavender is most closely associated with the Provence region of France, where it is a thriving industry. Steam distilled from the freshcut flowering tops and stalks, the essential oil has a sweet, balsamic, floral aroma celebrated for its calming benefits. It is unrivaled in its popularity and combines well with many oils. Warm rosewood: steam-distilled from the chipped wood of a tree native to Brazil, Peru and Guyana, rosewood has a balsamic, floral, slightly rose-like fragrance. Fresh clary sage: an ornamental perennial native to the northern Mediterranean, clary sage has spiking flowers from which its essential oil is steam distilled. Sweet and fresh, with warm undertones of nuts and balsam, it is popular in perfumes and as a flavoring in vermouths, wines and liqueurs. It is known to relieve insomnia and anxiety. Earthy violet: happy and flirty, this open-faced flower can turn on its fragrant charm as it pleases, making it a rarity in perfumery. It flavors candied leaves, syrups and liqueurs.