Helichrysum essential oil is prized in many industries for its powerful effects and wide variety of applications. However, of the many species of helichrysum, there is one that is of primary importance to essential oil purveyors: Helichyrsum italicum, or, as it is better known to many of its ardent followers, Everlasting or Immortelle. While Helichrysum italicum is often favored by essential oil connoisseurs, there are a number of other helichrysum species that are used to create essential oils, absolutes, and/or hydrosols. Many of the oils becoming more prevalent in the helichrysum oil industry are hailing from Africa’s plethora of species. Helichrysum oils are a fairly expensive oil to produce (and thus purchase). Luckily, while helichrysum may have a rather high price tag, the oil is highly efficient is small doses due to its potency, and tends to be relatively shelf-stable. Thus, one small bottle of this precious essential oil will go far and last long in the medicine cabinet.