These are the favoured blends that I have discovered. Some essential oil combinations just don’t go together. Here is a guide to show which oils favour each other generally. You might like some different combinations so remember to enjoy experimenting.
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Essential Oil | Blends well with | Notes and tips |
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Basil French | ||
sweet spicy balsamic | bergamot, clary sage, lime, citronella, hyssop, geranium | |
Benzoin | ||
warm vanilla like scent, extremely sticky. I often use the blended compound as a fixative. I never use it as a base in my blends, it’s too resinous. | ||
Bergamot | ||
aroma citrus/floral fresh balsamic undertone Note: skin darkens in sun | patchouli, rose otto lavender, orange blossom geranium, lemon chamomile, juniper | used in all skin & hair applications, salts, oils, creams, burners and inhalers |
Cajeput | ||
fruity body note camphoraceous | see eucalyptus – similar | |
Calendula | ||
Sharp, herbaceous when home made, but the commercial oil is normally a carrier oil and has no smell. The plant itself has a sharp herbaceous smell so the home made tincture or oil retains this smell. Blends well with citrus & floral oils | ||
Carrot seed | ||
warm, dry, woody and earthy | cedarwood, geranium all spice and citrus oils | |
Chamomile (Roman) | ||
bergamot, clary sage, jasmine, orange blossom, rose, geranium, lavender | great for soaps, salts all skin oils and products | |
Cinnamon | ||
versatile | Use in cleaning, potpourri, burners or the like. | |
Citronella | ||
sweet, woody, powerful, lemony | geranium, lemon, bergamot, orange, cedarwood | |
Clary Sage | ||
• don’t use when pregnant: • don’t use when driving | lavender, rose, pine, cedarwood, sandalwood, juniper, geranium, jasmine bergamot and other citrus oils | use in all skin and hair applications salts, oils, creams, burners and inhalers |
Cloves | ||
sweet, spicy fresh | bergamot, lavender, rosemary, clary sage, rose, ylang-ylang | |
Cypress | ||
pleasant scent smoky balsamic | bergamot, cedarwood, frankincense, juniper, lavender, pine needle | |
Eucalyptus radiata /ravensara | ||
strong odour TAKE NOTE: store away fro other oils. use with caution. (eg. 5 eucalyptus to 1 peppermint) | peppermint, thyme, rosemary lavender, marjoram, pine, cedarwood | used mainly in oils and creams, rubs and massages bath salts burners, inhalers |
Frankincense | ||
sweet balsam-like | myrrh, rose | |
Geranium | ||
minty, rosy sent | lavender, patchouli, clove, juniper, rose, bergamot, sandalwood, neroli (orange blossom(, all the citrus oils | |
Grapefruit | ||
fresh sweet citrus refreshing and uplifting | all spice oils, rosemary lavender, bergamot geranium, jasmine, lemon, palmarosa | used in all skin products and applications soap, bath salt, oils, creams, burners, etc. |
Jasmine | ||
sweet, floral, uplifting TAKE NOTE: avoid in first 5 months of pregnancy | rosemary, lavender, clary sage, patchouli, jojoba, calendula, sandalwood, ylang-ylang lavender, floral and citrus oils, patchouli, vetiver | used in all skin products, a fab hair conditioner |
Juniper berry | ||
not in first 3 months of pregnancy especially; helps body rid itself of toxins | rosemary, jasmine | used in all skincare products, hair oil used in baths & massage oil/cream |
Lavender | ||
sweet floral and herbal a must in the laundry | bergamot, cedarwood, ylang-ylang, clove, clary sage, patchouli, lemon, pine, vetiver, rosewood, rose, geranium, jasmine sandalwood | used in all skin care products |
Lemon | ||
clean fragrance usually stands alone avoid sunlight (as with all citrus oils) for 24 hours | bergamot, ylang-ylang, lavender, geranium. benzoin, fennel, juniper. chamomile, orange blossom, rose, eucalyptus. jasmine, lime, sandalwood | used in most cleaning products; used in many beauty, hair and skin applications |
Lemongrass | ||
fresh grassy earthy | lavender, geranium, peppermint flora & citrus oils | best home care oil for smelly areas |
Marjoram | ||
warm, woody, spicy, camphoraceous | lavender, rosemary, bergamot, cedarwood, chamomile, cypress, ti-tree, eucalyptus | |
Naroli (orange blossom) | ||
warm, sweet floral | benzoin, jasmine, chamomile, myrrh, clary sage, geranium, lavender, rose, ylang-ylang and all citrus oils | |
Niaouli | ||
champohraceous sweet and fresh | see eucalyptus – very similar | |
Orange (sweet) | ||
tangy, orange refreshing aroma children’s favourite no sun for 24 hours | lavender, clary sage, lime, neroli, grapefruit, nutmeg, cloves, jasmine, cinnamon, rosemary, myrrh and all spicy smelling oils | fabulous in all cleaning products |
Palmorosa | ||
sweet floral scent | all florals, cedarwood, rose geranium, geranium, rosewood, sandalwood | |
Patchouli | ||
moist earth smell heady perfume | lavender, rose, bergamot | great for hair and body products |
Peppermint | ||
sharp piercing and pungent camphoraceous grassy mint undertone | eucalyptus, frankincense, benzoin, rosemary, lavender, marjoram | mainly used in muscle massages and burners always dilute |
Rose | ||
a heavenly scent romantic, warm euphoric | lavender, all florals, jasmine, sandalwood, excellent all rounder | used in most body products; blends with most oils |
Rose geranium | ||
said to aid hormone replacement it can overpower blends | lavender, bergamot, peppermint, lemon; clary sage, patchouli | for all skin types and skin products |
Rosemary | ||
sharp strong aroma balsamic can overpower blends PREGNANT: don’t use EPILEPTIC: don’t use P | lemon, lavender, elemi, cedarwood, peppermint, petitgrain, citronella, thyme, basil, pine, all spicy oils | fabulous hair product; can be used in all body applications, bath salts, creams, lotions |
Rosewood | ||
spicy, woody very sweet | frankincense, lavender, all citrus, florals and woods | hair and body care; gives body to blends |
Sandalwood | ||
great for men woody and balsamic soft and sweet | patchouli, cinnamon leaf, benzoin, vetiver, patchouli, myrrh, jasmine, rosewood, bergamot, lavender, rose, clove, geranium, juniper | used in all skin and hair applications |
Thyme | ||
warm, spicy herbaceous | bergamot, lemon, rosemary, lavender, marjoram, pine | |
Ti-tree | ||
all purpose oil can use neat spicy, warm, fresh | lavender, geranium, pine, rosemary, pine, clary sage, marjoram and all spicy oils | excellent for entire body, warm and fresh |
Vanilla | ||
Best on it’s own in a carrier. Note: Keep shaking. Don’t’ try and use without blending. | Used in massages; great bath additive | |
Ylang-Ylang | ||
rosewood, jasmine, lavender, rose | cleaning; body/skin applications | |
Lovely combinations aromas for baths – any combination | peppermint, chamomile and lavender sweet orange and vanilla oleoresin grapefruit and lemon ylang-ylang and lavender |