How To Blend Essential Oils: Which Essential Oils Blend Well Together

I’ll start by assuming you already know what essential oils are and why they’re good for you. It’s probably why you even want to know which ones go well together. But if you don’t already know then have a look at these articles I’ve written previously.

• A short guide to essential oils
• Blending and mixing essential oils

 

Why should we even blend essential oils together?

That’s a very good question, if you have ever wondered it like I did when I first started using them. I often thought that just using one essential oil would be enough to get the desired result. The answer is, yes, you may get the desired result after using just one essential oil at a time, but sometimes when we want to make what is called “synergy blends” we need to work with more than just one essential oil to achieve the desired effect.

There will never be a case where you want to blend essential oils for no apparent reason, most probably, you have a result in mind when you want to start blending essential oils, for example: preventing hair loss, promoting hair growth etc.

The beauty of essential oils is, that they can be used to treat almost any problems.

 

 

When you get down to it

Always remember, blending essential oils is done for a purpose, an effect you want to achieve it could be anything. But blending essential oils isn’t exactly child’s play. When you decide to start blending essential oils, you need to know which essential oils blend well together. So here’s a list of essential oils that blend well together based on their categories:

Citrus

All essential oils that have citrus-ish aroma’s fall under this category.

• Tangerine Essential Oil

• Bergamot Essential Oil

 

• Lime Essential Oil

 

• Lemongrass Essential Oil

 

• Lemon Essential Oil

 

• Grapefruit Essential Oil

 

• Orange Essential Oil

 

• Melissa Essential Oil

 

• Neroli Essential Oil

 

• Petitgrain Essential Oil

 

Spicy

Essential oils derived from spices fall into this category.

• Clove Essential Oil

• Nutmeg Essential Oil

 

• Ginger Essential Oil

 

• Cinnamon Essential Oil

 

• Black Pepper Essential Oil

 

• Cardamom Essential Oil

 

• Aniseed Essential Oil

 

• Coriander Essential Oil

 

Floral

As the name suggests, all essential oils of flowers come into this category.

• Chamomile Essential Oil

• Rose Essential Oil

 

• Lavender Essential Oil

 

• Jasmine Essential Oil

 

• Vanilla Essential Oil

 

• Ylang Ylang Essential Oil

 

• Palmarosa Essential Oil

 

• Geranium Essential Oil

 

• Neroli Essential Oil

 

Herbal

I put all herbal derivatives as well as medicinal ones in this category.

• Clary Sage Essential Oil

• Basil Essential Oil

 

• Chamomile Essential Oil

 

• Eucalyptus Essential Oil

 

• Marjoram Essential Oil

 

• Rosemary Essential Oil

 

• Tea Tree Essential Oil

 

• Thyme Essential Oil

 

• Sage Essential Oil

 

• Hyssop Essential Oil

 

• Peppermint Essential Oil

 

• Melissa Essential Oil

 

• Cajeput Essential Oil

 

Woodsy

Like the name suggests, woodsy and earthy (I put earthy in the same category) fall in this category.

• Vetiver Essential Oil

• Frankincense Essential Oil

• Myrrh Essential Oil

 

• Oakmoss Essential Oil

 

• Sandalwood Essential Oil

 

• Patchouli Essential Oil

 

• Cypress Essential Oil

 

• Coriander Essential Oil

 

• Fir Essential Oil

 

• Juniper Berry Essential Oil

 

• Pine Essential Oil

 

• Cedarwood Essential Oil

 

• Cinnamon Essential Oil

 

Or you can choose to buy a boxed set of 30 essential oils together in a super saver pack or if you’re buying from USA Buy a starter essential oils set

Rules of blending essential oils

There aren’t any hard and fast rules when it comes to blending essential oils, a lot of people use notes of the essential oils as guiding principles, some use categories, which ever way you decide, you just need to focus on what effect you are looking for. The good thing is, the more you experiment the more you’ll learn and practice will make you perfect.

The key to use categories while blending essential oils based on their categories is that oils of similar categories blend well together. Alternatively these categories blend well together too:

• Citrus – Floral, Woodsy, Spicy
• Spicy – Floral, Woodsy, Citrus
• Floral – Woodsy, Spicy, Citrus
• Herbal – Woodsy and those that give off a minty aroma.

If you want to get a better understanding of blending essential oils, you might also want to read what I wrote on blending and mixing essential oils.

 

If you have some other classifications you’d like to add, or tell us of a recipe you use, or have a thought, we’d like to hear it! Let us know what you think.

 

Use Caution

Essential oils should not be used on children and during pregnancy. I would also advise you to perform allergy test before trying out something new.