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OUR 15 FAVORITE ESSENTIAL OIL RECIPES Morning Refresher Essential Oil Recipe Blend Summertime Essential Oil Recipe Blend Liquid Sunshine Essential Oil Recipe Blend Allergy Relief Essential Oil Recipe Blend Silent Night Essential Oil Recipe Blend Citrus Fresh Recipe Blend Get Focused Essential Oil Recipe Blend Just Breathe Essential Oil Blend Germ Buster Essential Oil Recipe Blend Headache Relief Diffuser Blend Cool It Essential Oil Recipe Blend Wind Down Essential Oil Blend Be Happy Diffuser Recipe Blend Sleepytime Essential Oil Recipe Blend Spiced Cider Diffuser Blend Think this post is worth a read? Please share… I’d greatly appreciate it! Check out some of our top Essential Oil Posts! KitchenWise:: CandyCane Playdough 5 Winter Essential Oil Blends You Need to Diffuse in Your Home 10 Amazing Essential Oil Blends for Colds and Flu (Updated 2020) 9 Uplifting Fall Essential Oil Blends Ultimate Gift Guide: Essential Oil Gift Ideas Top 10 Fall Essential Oils Blends for Your Diffuser Essential Oils Not Safe for Kids and Options Every Mom Needs to Know Top 5 Essential Oils for Nausea When Expecting Top 10 Essential Oils While Pregnant That are Completely Safe 7 Best Essential Oils for Travel You Don't Want to Leave Home Without How to Use Blissful Essential Oils for Labor and Delivery Essential Oils for Postpartum Care You Didn't Know You Needed DIY Hair Growth Oil for Scalp Massage Potent Essential Oils For Muscle Aches + Pain Relief Bathroom "Eau de Toilette" Toilet Spray The Best Homemade Playdough Recipe with Essential Oils for Calming New KID SAFE Essential Oils for Kids 15 Most Effective Essential Oil Diffuser Recipes DIY Sanitizing Spray With Essential Oils FAQs

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Here are 15 of our favorite, best smelling essential oil recipes and diffuser blends that you don’t want to miss! Make your home healthy, smell great and clean the air with these essential oils recipes.

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I’ve long been a candle addict. There’s nothing like lit candles, good music, and the ambiance it creates for a relaxing evening at home.

And while I haven’t completely kicked the candle habit to the curb, I’m being wiser about my choices for the more occasional lighting of only soy or beeswax whileavoiding the paraffin (toxin releasing) candles. But an even better option for helping your home smell amazing, which I pretty much use all day longwhile at home are our essential oil diffusers.

Definitely a new kind of addiction. Another plus? It’s elicited more, “Wow, it smells great in here,” comments from guests than my mix of candles ever did!

In our home, we have cold-air or ultrasonic diffusers since it allows us to enjoy all the benefits of essential oil recipes–not just the scent. Unlike warmers, a cold-air diffuser doesn’t heat the oil, so all of the therapeutic benefits of essential oils remain intact as the properties of the oil aren’t broken down.

In fact, the benefits of diffusing essential oils into the air are one of the main reasons I’m loving these essential oil recipes.

When you apply heat to essential oils, many studies show it can actually denature many of the most important chemicals and compounds, so you are essentially just diffusing the oils for scent, and not for the beneficial aspects.

This reason alone makes it important to choose the right diffuser and my advice to reap all of the benefits of essential oils is to stick with a cold-air, nebulizing, or ultrasonic diffuser.

I DO keep a little plugin diffuser in my car, although that one does heat up, so I know I’m getting the calming benefits of the scents, but I may be losing out on some of the other aromatherapy effects.

We’ve been having so much fun experimenting with recipes for our diffusers, and I’m sharing some of our favorite essential oil recipes today!

Of course, there’s nothing wrong with diffusing a single oil, as I love just using some oils on their own, but mixing them together to create great scents or benefits for the home opens up a whole new world.

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OUR 15 FAVORITE ESSENTIAL OIL RECIPES

Morning Refresher Essential Oil Recipe Blend

This blend is a great way to wake up as it increases mental alertness (which is also great for an afternoon pick-me-up) and stimulates. 4 drops Wild Orange + 4 drops Peppermint

Summertime Essential Oil Recipe Blend

Refresh and cleanse your space, and your palette with this summertime scent! 3 drops Grapefruit + 3 drops Lavender + 2 drops Lemon + 2 drops Spearmint

Liquid Sunshine Essential Oil Recipe Blend

Cheer up your home with a citrusy blend of liquid sunshine. 3 drops Wild Orange + 3 drops Grapefruit + 2 drops Lemon + 2 drops Bergamot

Allergy Relief Essential Oil Recipe Blend

To keep clear breathing and healthy immune response in allergy ridden spring and summer months, keep this blend handy, and well as apply to the bottom of your feet if you feel allergy symptoms. 3 drops Peppermint + 3 drops Lavender + 3 drops Lemon

Silent Night Essential Oil Recipe Blend

In the evening, as we begin nightly routines with the kids, this is a great blend to sweetly set the mood for sleep. 3 drops Lavender + 3 drops Wild Orange + 3 drops Roman Chamomile

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Citrus Fresh Recipe Blend

A great way to purify the air while also making your home smell like you’ve spent the day cleaning – really though, you are sanitizing the air! 1-2 drops each of Lemon + Lime + Wild Orange + Grapefruit + Bergamot

Get Focused Essential Oil Recipe Blend

Diffuse to get your head in the game. 2 drops Peppermint + 2 drops Cinnamon + 1 drop Rosemary

Just Breathe Essential Oil Blend

Use this blend for great protection, to boost respiratory function and to help clear congestion–especially during cold and flu season. 2 drops Lemon + 1 drop Lime + 2 drops Peppermint + 1 drop Rosemary + 2 drops Eucalyptus + 1 drop Clove

Germ Buster Essential Oil Recipe Blend

During cold and flu season, say goodbye to 99% of airborne bacteria by diffusing this blend. 4 drops Shield + 2 drops Lemon + 1 drop Melaleuca

Headache Relief Diffuser Blend

While Peppermint is great for relieving headaches when rubbed on the temples and back of the neck (and Clary Sage for hormonal headaches), you can also diffuse a blend that will help bring continued relief to the toughest headaches. 1-2 drops each of Marjoram + Thyme+ Rosemary+ Peppermint+ Lavender

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Cool It Essential Oil Recipe Blend

To cool you down on a hot spring or summer day as well as ward off the creepy crawlies while you’re letting in a breeze, diffuse this blend. 4 drops Spearmint + 4 drops Peppermint+ 4 drops Citronella,+1 drop Lemongrass

Wind Down Essential Oil Blend

To help calm your mind and emotions after a long day, try this relaxing blend to relieve stress. 4 drops Lavender+2 drops Cedarwood + 2 drops Wild Orange +1 drop Ylang Ylang

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Be Happy Diffuser Recipe Blend

Adding these oils together createsa mood-boosting blend that is great when you’re having people over and are ready to entertain. 3 drops Bergamot + 2 drops Geranium + 3 drops Lavender

Sleepytime Essential Oil Recipe Blend

One of my favorite ways to fall asleep is with Cedarwood, it slows me right down. I rub it on my big toes at night and diffuse as well. 4 drops Cedarwood + 3 drops Lavender

Spiced Cider Diffuser Blend

Even when it’s nowhere near fall, and we do share more fall/winter favorites here, this is one that I love to use year-round to calm and ground me. 4 drops Wild Orange + 3 drops Cinnamon + 3 drops Ginger

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*Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional. None of the information on this blog is intended to cure, treat, or heal any disease. Please use essential oils at your own risk with lots of common sense. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links.

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FAQs

What are some good essential oil combinations for diffusers? ›

Diffuser blends for every season
  • Sweet Springtime Renewal. 3 drops Grapefruit oil. 3 drops Lavender oil. 3 drops Ylang Ylang oil.
  • Freshen Up. 2 drops Thyme oil. 2 drops Rosemary oil. 2 drops Grapefruit oil. ...
  • Down to Earth Spring Floral. 2 drops Manuka oil. 2 drops Bergamot oil. 2 drops Frankincense oil.
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What is the best essential oil to use in a diffuser? ›

You can't go wrong with all of the citrus oils. Lemon, lime, grapefruit, tangerine, green Mandarin, tangerine, wild Orange, Clementine. These are Doterra oils, and I love all of them in the diffuser. The others that are great would be the minty oils such as spearmint, my personal favorite, peppermint and Wintergreen.

What essential oils blend for anxiety and panic attacks? ›

For example, a person can try blending bergamot, frankincense, and lavender essential oils with a carrier oil. Another blend option is mixing bergamot, lavender, and ylang-ylang oils with a carrier oil.

What is the best smell combination? ›

What are the Best Smelling Essential Oil Blends?
  • Lavender, Ylang-Ylang and Orange: a soothing citrus mix.
  • Orange, Eucalyptus, Lemongrass, Peppermint and Cardamom: an uplifting, energising, motivating combination (Motivate Pure Essential Oil Blend).
  • Ylang-Ylang and Geranium: a floral springtime scent.

What two essential oils smell good together? ›

Essential OilBlends Well With
ChamomileCedarwood, Lavender, Vetiver, Cypress
CinnamonSandalwood, Lemon, Lime, Tangerine, Sweet Orange, Grapefruit, Rose, Ylang ylang, Cedarwood
Clary SageGeranium, Juniper berry, Cedarwood, Lavender, Sandalwood, Bergamot, Frankincense, Lemon, Sweet Orange, Lime, Grapefruit, Tangerine
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What oils should you not diffuse? ›

Popular essential oils that should be diffused with caution, because they're mucous membrane irritants:
  • bay.
  • cinnamon bark or leaf.
  • clove bud or leaf.
  • lemongrass.
  • peppermint.
  • thyme.

What is the best smelling essential oil in the world? ›

CITRUS ESSENTIAL OILS

Oftentimes, it is the uplifting, energizing, and cheerful essential oils that are regarded as the best smelling. Citrus essential oils — orange, lemon, grapefruit, lime, mandarin, etc. — are among these widely regarded favorites.

What essential oils make your house smell clean? ›

When you're tossing and turning, picturing the destroyed living room and mountain of laundry that awaits you, add fresh Lavender, sweet Spearmint, fanciful Tangerine, and idyllic Ylang Ylang to your diffuser. With these scents, you'll be dreaming of your own fairy godmother who can swish away the mess in no time!

How to make your own EO blends? ›

Follow the 30:50:20 ratio when mixing scent notes - 30% top note (3 drops), 50% middle note (5 drops) and 20% base note (2 drops), label each new blend clearly. Essential oil blends perform best after 'resting' for a day or so, this will allow the oils to blend and harmonise fully.

How to make diffuser smell stronger? ›

7 tips to make your reed diffuser smell stronger
  1. Make sure there are plenty of reeds. ...
  2. Flip the reeds over regularly. ...
  3. Place it by an entryway. ...
  4. Choose a diffuser that uses natural essential oils. ...
  5. Replace your reeds every so often. ...
  6. Don't use the same reeds for different fragrances. ...
  7. Don't forget to top up your oil.
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What is the number one essential oil for anxiety? ›

Lavender is one of the most popular aromatherapy oils. It has a sweet floral scent with a woody or herbal undertone. Lavender oil can be used to calm anxiety. It also has a sedative effect and may help with sleep troubles, including if feelings of stress or anxiety are keeping you up at night.

Which essential oil calms anxiety? ›

Some of the best essential oils for anxiety are lavender and bergamot. Both of these oils have been studied for their link to relieving anxiety and have proven helpful.

What essential oil calms stress? ›

Lavender: Known for calming and relaxing properties, lavender oil can help reduce anxiety and promote better sleep. Bergamot: This citrusy oil can reduce stress and enhance mood. Chamomile: This calming essential oil helps quell anxiety and promotes relaxation.

What is the best oil to mix with essential oils? ›

Jojoba oil - Best all-around carrier oil

The oil is extracted from the seeds of the jojoba tree and has a slightly nutty aroma. Jojoba oil is a natural fungicide and works well when combined with essential oils that also have fungicidal properties and are used for local fungal infections.

Can you put multiple essential oils in a diffuser? ›

While you can always diffuse one oil at a time, combining oils is a fun way to make your own bespoke, custom blend—and the potential combos are pretty much limitless. "You can create an aroma that's as dynamic and unique as a luxury candle, in a really natural way," Panton says.

Can you use essential oil blends in a diffuser? ›

You can also diffuse essential oil blends. Diffusing an essential oil blend allows you to get the benefits of multiple precious essential oils at the same time. When you're first learning to diffuse essential oil blends, you can drop the essential oils right into your diffuser. There's no need to blend them beforehand!

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