
A-to-Z List Essential Oils for Stress:
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Allspice (Pimento Berry) Oil
(Pimenta dioica)
Aroma Description: Allspice Essential Oil smells sharp yet is sweet with a spicy, cinnamon and clove-like aroma.
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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.
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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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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
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Buddha Wood
(Eremophila mitchellii)
Aroma Description: Deep, woody aroma, lightly sweet, and faintly smoky
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Camphor
(Cinnamomum camphora)
Aroma Description: Strong, penetrating, fragrant, fresh, woody, somewhat eucalyptus-like aroma due to its high cineole content
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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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Chamomile, Roman
(Chamaemelum nobile)
Aroma Description: Roman Chamomile Essential Oil smells crisp, sweet, fruity and herbaceous.
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Cinnamon (burmannii)
(Cinnamomum burmannii)
Aroma Description: Warm, spicy and particularly sweet aroma
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Copaiba Balsam
(Copaifera officinalis)
Aroma Description: Copaiba Balsam Essential Oil smells sweet, woody, resinous and earthy.
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Geranium
(Pelargonium graveolens)
Aroma Description: Herbaceous, green, floral, sweet, dry, fresh, slightly fruity
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Guaiacwood
(Gonopterodendron sarmientoi)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Earthy, Musky, Resinous, Slightly floral, Soft, Warm, Woody
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Hops
(Humulus lupulus)
Aroma Description: Fresh and sweet with a somewhat sharp (bitter), earthy/herbaceous aroma.
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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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Lemon
(Citrus × limon)
Aroma Description: Lemon Essential Oil smells similar to fresh lemon rinds except that it is more concentrated.
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Linden Blossom
(Tilia × vulgaris)
Aroma Description: Warm, floral and somewhat honey-like. It possesses a slightly citrus-like note.
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Marjoram
(Origanum majorana)
Aroma Description: Herbaceous, sweet, woody and has an underlying delicate floral note.
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Melissa
(Melissa officinalis)
Aroma Description: Melissa Essential Oil smells fresh, lemony and herbaceous.
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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.
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Peru Balsam
(Myroxylon balsamum var. pereirae)
Aroma Description: Ssweet, fresh, earthy and balsamic.
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Pine
(Pinus sylvestris)
Aroma Description: Crisp, fresh, woody, earthy, balsamic, sweet, woody, forest like aroma
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Rose
(Rosa × damascena)
Aroma Description: Smells floral, sensual, and sweet with an intense, concentrated rose aroma
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Spikenard
(Nardostachys jatamansi)
Aroma Description: Spikenard Essential Oil smells deep earthy, woody and musky.
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Styrax Benzoin Absolute
(Styrax benzoin)
Aroma Description: Rich, warm, slightly woody, creamy and has vanilla-like characteristics.
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Sweet Orange
(Citrus Sinensis)
Aroma Description: Citrusy and sweet. Its aroma is similar to that of orange peels but is more concentrated.
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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.
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Tea Tree, Lemon
(Leptospermum petersonii)
Aroma Description: Astringent, Citrus, Fresh, Lemony, Medicinal
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Tuberose
(Agave polianthes)
Aroma Description: Tuberose Absolute smells complex, exotic, sweet and floral
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Ylang Ylang
(Cananga odorata)
Aroma Description: Smells exotic, floral, sweet and slightly fruity and woody.