A-to-Z List Essential Oils for Spots ( Acne ):

  • Cade (Rectified)

    Cade (Rectified)

    (Juniperus oxycedrus)

    Aroma Description: Cade Essential Oil smells smoky. It is similar to the aroma of burning wood or tar.

  • Cajeput

    Cajeput

    (Melaleuca cajuputi)

    Aroma Description: Cajeput Essential Oil smells fresh and campherous with a slightly fruity characteristic.

  • Cedarwood, Atlas

    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.

  • Cedarwood, Virginian

    Cedarwood, Virginian

    (Juniperus virginiana)

    Aroma Description: Astringent, Balsamic, Slightly sweet, woody. It strongly resembles the aroma of cedar chests and closets.

  • Dalmatian Sage

    Dalmatian Sage

    (Salvia officinalis)

    Aroma Description: Dalmatian Sage Essential Oil smells herbaceous, fruity, fresh and camphorous.

  • Eucalyptus

    Eucalyptus

    (Eucalyptus globulus)

    Aroma Description: Fresh, medicinal, woody and earthy.

  • Evening Primrose

    Evening Primrose

    (Oenothera biennis)

    Aroma Description: Has very faint or no aroma.

  • Galbanum

    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.

  • Geranium

    Geranium

    (Pelargonium graveolens)

    Aroma Description: Herbaceous, green, floral, sweet, dry, fresh, slightly fruity

  • Grapefruit

    Grapefruit

    (Citrus × aurantium)

    Aroma Description: Citrusy. The aroma is tangy like grapefruit, but yet is sweet. It is reminiscent to the aroma of the grapefruit rind, but more concentrated.

  • Honey Myrtle

    Honey Myrtle

    (Melaleuca teretifolia)

    Aroma Description: Fresh, Slightly Citrus, Herbaceous, Lemony

  • Hyssop

    Hyssop

    (Hyssopus officinalis subsp. officinalis)

    Aroma Description: Hyssop Essential Oil smells fresh, earthy, fruity, woody, slightly sweet and camphorous.

  • Juniper Berry

    Juniper Berry

    (Juniperus communis)

    Aroma Description: Juniper Berry Essential Oil smells crisp, woody, sweet and earthy, with an almost hidden fruity note.

  • Lavender

    Lavender

    (Lavandula angustifolia)

    Aroma Description: Floral, fresh, sweet, herbaceous and sometimes slightly fruity. It can be slightly camphorous.

  • Lemon

    Lemon

    (Citrus × limon)

    Aroma Description: Lemon Essential Oil smells similar to fresh lemon rinds except that it is more concentrated.

  • May Chang

    May Chang

    (Litsea cubeba)

    Aroma Description: May Chang Essential Oil smells sharp and has a complex lemony aroma.

  • Orange, Bitter (Petitgrain)

    Orange, Bitter (Petitgrain)

    (Citrus × junos)

    Aroma Description: As the name implies, Bitter Orange Essential Oil smells like a cross between the sweetness of sweet orange oil and the slight bitterness of grapefruit oil.

  • Pine

    Pine

    (Pinus sylvestris)

    Aroma Description: Crisp, fresh, woody, earthy, balsamic, sweet, woody, forest like aroma

  • Rose Geranium

    Rose Geranium

    (Pelargonium radens)

    Aroma Description: Rose Geranium Essential Oil smells floral, somewhat rosy and green. It is similar in aroma to Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens/Pelargonium asperum) but has a slightly more rosy fragrance.

  • Rosewood

    Rosewood

    (Aniba rosaeodora)

    Aroma Description: Sweet, woody, fruity, and floral.

  • Thyme

    Thyme

    (Thymus vulgaris)

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

  • Vetiver

    Vetiver

    (Chrysopogon zizanioides)

    Aroma Description: Woody, smoky, earthy, herbaceous and spicy.

  • Violet Leaf

    Violet Leaf

    (Viola odorata)

    Aroma Description: green, earthy and slightly floral

  • White Camphor

    White Camphor

    (Cinnamomum camphora)

    Aroma Description: Fresh, intense, woody. Its aroma is somewhat eucalyptus-like due to its high cineole content.