Australian Olive Oil Soaps

Impress them with the scents of Australia with this best selling Australian gift.

This lovely box of handmade Australian olive oil soaps contains four different essential oil blends:

• Lemongrass, to uplift and invigorate
• Eucalyptus, Mint and Myrtle, to refresh and stimulate
• Aniseed and Cinnamon, to warm and calm
• Rose Geranium, to sweetly soothe

Featuring a striking arrangement of Sturt Pea, Mottlecah and Scarlet Banksia and a story of the of the origin of the Sturt Pea inside. The legend of the Sturt's Desert Pea

The packaging describes the story of the Sturt Desert Pea as follows:

"The Sturt's Desert Pea Swainsona Formosa, is the floral emblem of South Australia and can be found in all mainland states except Victoria, growing in a range of habitts from sandy dunes to rocky plains.

The plant gets its common name from the explorer Charles Sturt who saw vast drifts of them when he was exploring the central regions of South Australia.

The plant was first collected by William Dampier, off the coast of Western Australian in 1699.

In some areas it is referred to as the 'flower of blood' by Aboriginal Koori groups.

This title comes from a legend which tells of a young woman who escaped marriage to an older tribe member by eloping with her younger lover. After some years, the shunned man and his friends tracked the couple down, murdering them both and their relatives who had lived.

Sometime later, the old man returned to the place where he had slain the lovers and found the ground covered with the beautiful scarlet flowers that we know today as the Sturt's Desert Pea.

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