A-to-Z List Essential Oils for Bad Breath:

The following are a number of beneficial essential oils that may help to manage or reduce halitosis commonly known as bad breath.

Looking for a more natural alternative against the unpleasant or offensive odors emanating from your mouth. Essential oils have been used for treatment in traditional medicine for centuries and continue to be studied for their beneficial impacts.

  • Chocolate Peppermint

    Chocolate Peppermint

    (Mentha piperita)

    Aroma Description: Chocolate Peppermint Essential Oil smells like traditional Peppermint Oil with a detectable chocolate-like note.

  • Cinnamon

    Cinnamon

    (Cinnamomum verum)

    Aroma Description: Peppery, earthy, warm, strong, spicy, bright yet slightly woodsy.

  • Cinnamon (burmannii)

    Cinnamon (burmannii)

    (Cinnamomum burmannii)

    Aroma Description: Warm, spicy and particularly sweet aroma

  • Clove

    Clove

    (Syzygium aromaticum)

    Aroma Description: Rich, spicy, sweet, soft, warming yet slightly bitter. It is also slightly woody in character and is reminiscent in aroma to that of true clove buds but is of course much stronger in aroma.

  • Eucalyptus

    Eucalyptus

    (Eucalyptus globulus)

    Aroma Description: Fresh, medicinal, woody and earthy.

  • Eucalyptus dives, Mint

    Eucalyptus dives, Mint

    (Eucalyptus dives)

    Aroma Description: Camphoraceous, Cool, Fresh, Minty, Slightly sweet

  • Eucalyptus masala

    Eucalyptus masala

    (Eucalyptus camaldulensis)

    Aroma Description: Camphoraceous, Cool, Fresh, Slightly sweet, Soft

  • Eucalyptus smithii

    Eucalyptus smithii

    (Eucalyptus smithii)

    Aroma Description: Camphoraceous, Fresh, Woody

  • Eucalyptus staigeriana

    Eucalyptus staigeriana

    (Eucalyptus staigeriana)

    Aroma Description: Citrus, Cool, Fresh, Lemony, Soft

  • Eucalyptus, Lemon

    Eucalyptus, Lemon

    (Corymbia citriodora)

    Aroma Description: Camphoraceous, fresh, lemony, strong

  • Eucalyptus, Radiata

    Eucalyptus, Radiata

    (Eucalyptus radiata)

    Aroma Description: Eucalyptus Radiata Essential Oil smells slightly camphorous, sweet and fruity.

  • Honey Myrtle

    Honey Myrtle

    (Melaleuca teretifolia)

    Aroma Description: Fresh, Slightly Citrus, Herbaceous, Lemony

  • Lemon Myrtle

    Lemon Myrtle

    (Backhousia citriodora)

    Aroma Description: Lemon Myrtle Essential Oil smells fresh, sweet and has an intense lemony aroma.

  • Lemongrass

    Lemongrass

    (West Indian: Cymbopogon citratus East Indian: Cymbopogon flexuosus)

    Aroma Description: Lemongrass Essential Oil smells fresh, lemony and slightly herbaceous.

  • Lemongrass - Nepal

    Lemongrass - Nepal

    (Cymbopogon flexuosus)

    Aroma Description: Fresh, Herbaceous, Lemony, Slightly sweet

  • Myrrh

    Myrrh

    (Commiphora myrrha)

    Aroma Description: Warm, earthy, woody and balsamic

  • Myrtle

    Myrtle

    (Myrtus communis)

    Aroma Description: Camphoraceous, Fresh, Herbaceous, Slightly sweet

  • Myrtle, Lemon

    Myrtle, Lemon

    (Backhousia citriodora)

    Aroma Description: Wonderful, uplifting, refreshing lemon aroma

  • Peppermint

    Peppermint

    (Mentha piperita)

    Aroma Description: Intensely minty. Its aroma is reminiscent of peppermint candies, but it is more concentrated and is more intense in fragrance than Spearmint Essential Oil.

  • Peppermint - English

    Peppermint - English

    (Mentha X Piperita)

    Aroma Description: Camphoraceous, Cool, Fresh, Minty, Soft, Strong

  • Tea Tree

    Tea Tree

    (Melaleuca alternifolia)

    Aroma Description: Medicinal, fresh, woody, earthy and herbaceous.

  • Tea Tree, Lemon

    Tea Tree, Lemon

    (Leptospermum petersonii)

    Aroma Description: Astringent, Citrus, Fresh, Lemony, Medicinal

  • Thyme

    Thyme

    (Thymus vulgaris)

    Aroma Description: Cool, fresh, lemony, slightly citrus, slightly floral, soft, herbaceous and slightly medicinal

  • Thyme, Benchmark

    Thyme, Benchmark

    (Thymus zygis)

    Aroma Description: Astringent, Cool, Fresh, Herbaceous, Medicinal, Soft