
A-to-Z List Essential Oils for Depression:
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Ambrette
(Abelmoschus moschatus)
Aroma Description: Ambrette smells, musky and woody. It is rich with floral undertones.
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Artemesia
(Artemisia vulgaris)
Aroma Description: Fresh, Cedar, Thujonic, Minty, Slightly Camphoreous, Sage, Herbaceous, Bitter, Strong
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Bergamot
(Citrus × limon)
Aroma Description: Bergamot Essential Oil smells citrusy and possesses a beautifully complex aroma with underlying floral and bitter characteristics.
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Blood Orange
(Citrus × aurantium)
Aroma Description: Blood Orange Essential Oil smells similar to Sweet Orange Essential Oil, however Blood Orange Oil is slightly tarter and has a more complex aroma.
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Cananga
(Cananga brandisiana)
Aroma Description: Cananga Essential Oil smells floral, sweet and slightly woody.
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Cedarwood, Atlas
(Cedrus atlantica)
Aroma Description: Woody and sweet. Atlas Cedar Oil is a bit sharper than Virginian Cedarwood Oil. The aroma is reminiscent of artificial mothballs.
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Cedarwood, Virginian
(Juniperus virginiana)
Aroma Description: Astringent, Balsamic, Slightly sweet, woody. It strongly resembles the aroma of cedar chests and closets.
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Chamomile, German (Blue Chamomile)
(Matricaria chamomilla)
Aroma Description: Sweet, fruity and herbaceous.
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Champaca
(Magnolia champaca)
Aroma Description: Rich, velvety, suave, vanilla-sweet floral with warm, dense, peach/apricot-like notes and spicy tea- and hay-like undertones; the rich, sweet floral and tea/hay notes remain in the long drydown.
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Cypress
(Cupressus sempervirens)
Aroma Description: Cypress Essential Oil smells fresh, herbaceous, woody and slightly coniferous in aroma.
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Galbanum
(Ferula gummosa)
Aroma Description: Galbanum Essential Oil possesses an intensely green, fresh leafy odor with a dry woody back-note of balsamic, bark- like character.
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Geranium
(Pelargonium graveolens)
Aroma Description: Herbaceous, green, floral, sweet, dry, fresh, slightly fruity
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Holy Basil
(Ociumum tenuiflorum)
Aroma Description: Holy Basil Essential Oil smells strong, warm and spicy.
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Honeysuckle
(Lonicera caprifolium)
Aroma Description: Floral, Honey-sweet, rich, reminiscent of spring time
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Lavender
(Lavandula angustifolia)
Aroma Description: Floral, fresh, sweet, herbaceous and sometimes slightly fruity. It can be slightly camphorous.
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Lemongrass
(West Indian: Cymbopogon citratus East Indian: Cymbopogon flexuosus)
Aroma Description: Lemongrass Essential Oil smells fresh, lemony and slightly herbaceous.
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Melissa
(Melissa officinalis)
Aroma Description: Melissa Essential Oil smells fresh, lemony and herbaceous.
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Passion Fruit
(Passiflora edulis)
Aroma Description: Passion Fruit Essential Oil has a sweet, warm, and woody scent.
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Rose
(Rosa × damascena)
Aroma Description: Smells floral, sensual, and sweet with an intense, concentrated rose aroma
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Thyme
(Thymus vulgaris)
Aroma Description: Cool, fresh, lemony, slightly citrus, slightly floral, soft, herbaceous and slightly medicinal
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Tuberose
(Agave polianthes)
Aroma Description: Tuberose Absolute smells complex, exotic, sweet and floral
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Yarrow
(Achillea millefolium)
Aroma Description: Yarrow Essential Oil smells sharp, woody, herbaceous, fruity and somewhat sweet.