Cypress oil comes from Cupressussempervirens a deciduous evergreen tree that can be identified by its dark green foliage small flowers and round brown gray cones with seed nuts inside.It is native to Southern Europe but has spread to North Africa and North America. It is also widely cultivated in Spain France and Morocco. This greenish or yellowish essential oil has a fresh herbaceous and slightly evergreen and woody scent which is said to be calming and invigorating.