The population explosion and the environmental pollution in recent years have forced researchers to find new health
and hygiene related products for the well-being of mankind. In the past few decades, a wide range of medicinal and aromatic
plants has been explored for their essential oils. Essential oils have great potential in the field of biomedicine as they effectively
destroy several bacterial, fungal and viral pathogens. In this study, the essential oils uptake and oil retention property on the
textile surface were observed.