A-to-Z List Essential Oils for Stress:

  • Allspice (Pimento Berry) Oil

    Allspice (Pimento Berry) Oil

    (Pimenta dioica)

    Aroma Description: Allspice Essential Oil smells sharp yet is sweet with a spicy, cinnamon and clove-like aroma.

  • Angelica Root

    Angelica Root

    (Angelica archangelica)

    Aroma Description: Cool, Exotic, Fresh, Rich, Peppery, Woody, Rich Earthy, and Herbaceous with peppery top notes and clean spicy, musky back notes.

  • Blood Orange

    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.

  • Boronia

    Boronia

    (Boronia megastigma)

    Aroma Description: Very richly intense flowery scent, with a slight dry fruity undertone explaining its main uses being in perfume, fragrance and aromatics

  • Buddha Wood

    Buddha Wood

    (Eremophila mitchellii)

    Aroma Description: Deep, woody aroma, lightly sweet, and faintly smoky

  • Camphor

    Camphor

    (Cinnamomum camphora)

    Aroma Description: Strong, penetrating, fragrant, fresh, woody, somewhat eucalyptus-like aroma due to its high cineole content

  • Cananga

    Cananga

    (Cananga brandisiana)

    Aroma Description: Cananga Essential Oil smells floral, sweet and slightly woody.

  • 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.

  • Chamomile, German (Blue Chamomile)

    Chamomile, German (Blue Chamomile)

    (Matricaria chamomilla)

    Aroma Description: Sweet, fruity and herbaceous.

  • Chamomile, Roman

    Chamomile, Roman

    (Chamaemelum nobile)

    Aroma Description: Roman Chamomile Essential Oil smells crisp, sweet, fruity and herbaceous.

  • Cinnamon (burmannii)

    Cinnamon (burmannii)

    (Cinnamomum burmannii)

    Aroma Description: Warm, spicy and particularly sweet aroma

  • Copaiba Balsam

    Copaiba Balsam

    (Copaifera officinalis)

    Aroma Description: Copaiba Balsam Essential Oil smells sweet, woody, resinous and earthy.

  • Eucalyptus

    Eucalyptus

    (Eucalyptus globulus)

    Aroma Description: Fresh, medicinal, woody and earthy.

  • Geranium

    Geranium

    (Pelargonium graveolens)

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

  • Guaiacwood

    Guaiacwood

    (Gonopterodendron sarmientoi)

    Aroma Description: Balsamic, Earthy, Musky, Resinous, Slightly floral, Soft, Warm, Woody

  • Hops

    Hops

    (Humulus lupulus)

    Aroma Description: Fresh and sweet with a somewhat sharp (bitter), earthy/herbaceous aroma.

  • Jasmine

    Jasmine

    (Jasminum officinale)

    Aroma Description: Sweet, exotic and richly floral smell

  • 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.

  • Lemon Balm

    Lemon Balm

    (Melissa officinalis)

    Aroma Description: Fresh, Herbaceous, Lemony

  • Linden Blossom

    Linden Blossom

    (Tilia × vulgaris)

    Aroma Description: Warm, floral and somewhat honey-like. It possesses a slightly citrus-like note.

  • Marjoram

    Marjoram

    (Origanum majorana)

    Aroma Description: Herbaceous, sweet, woody and has an underlying delicate floral note.

  • Melissa

    Melissa

    (Melissa officinalis)

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

  • 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.

  • Peru Balsam

    Peru Balsam

    (Myroxylon balsamum var. pereirae)

    Aroma Description: Ssweet, fresh, earthy and balsamic.

  • Pine

    Pine

    (Pinus sylvestris)

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

  • Rose

    Rose

    (Rosa × damascena)

    Aroma Description: Smells floral, sensual, and sweet with an intense, concentrated rose aroma

  • Rosewood

    Rosewood

    (Aniba rosaeodora)

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

  • Spikenard

    Spikenard

    (Nardostachys jatamansi)

    Aroma Description: Spikenard Essential Oil smells deep earthy, woody and musky.

  • Styrax Benzoin Absolute

    Styrax Benzoin Absolute

    (Styrax benzoin)

    Aroma Description: Rich, warm, slightly woody, creamy and has vanilla-like characteristics.

  • Sweet Orange

    Sweet Orange

    (Citrus Sinensis)

    Aroma Description: Citrusy and sweet. Its aroma is similar to that of orange peels but is more concentrated.

  • Tangerine

    Tangerine

    (Citrus reticulata)

    Aroma Description: Fresh, sweet and citrusy. It smells similar to the bright aroma of tangerine peels (as compared to orange peels), but is more concentrated.

  • Tea Tree, Lemon

    Tea Tree, Lemon

    (Leptospermum petersonii)

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

  • Tuberose

    Tuberose

    (Agave polianthes)

    Aroma Description: Tuberose Absolute smells complex, exotic, sweet and floral

  • Vetiver

    Vetiver

    (Chrysopogon zizanioides)

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

  • Ylang Ylang

    Ylang Ylang

    (Cananga odorata)

    Aroma Description: Smells exotic, floral, sweet and slightly fruity and woody.