Essential Oils for Insect Repellent:
Essential oils that naturally repel insects.
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Blue Cypress
(Callitris columellaris)
Aroma Description: Sweet, fresh, fruity, mildly licorice-like, balsamic aroma with a resinous, faintly smoky undertone; has good tenacity, fixative properties and possesses notes that are reminiscent of lemon and cedar
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Buddha Wood
(Eremophila mitchellii)
Aroma Description: Deep, woody aroma, lightly sweet, and faintly smoky
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Cajeput
(Melaleuca cajuputi)
Aroma Description: Cajeput Essential Oil smells fresh and campherous with a slightly fruity characteristic.
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Canadian Fleabane
(Erigeron canadensis)
Aroma Description: Complex, with resinous, earthy base notes, with a mild sweet anise middle note
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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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Citronella
(Cymbopogon nardus)
Aroma Description: Citronella Essential Oil smells citrusy, slightly fruity, fresh and sweet.
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Citronella - India
(Cymbopogon winterianus)
Aroma Description: Citrus, Fresh, Lemony, Medicinal, Slightly sweet, Strong
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Davana
(Artemisia pallens)
Aroma Description: Davana Essential Oil smells rich, sweet, fruity and slightly woody. It also has a subtle vanilla note.
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Eucalyptus staigeriana
(Eucalyptus staigeriana)
Aroma Description: Citrus, Cool, Fresh, Lemony, Soft
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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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Lemongrass - Nepal
(Cymbopogon flexuosus)
Aroma Description: Fresh, Herbaceous, Lemony, Slightly sweet
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Lilac
(Syringa vulgaris)
Aroma Description: Cool, Earthy, Exotic, Floral, Fresh, Rich, Sensual, Slightly sweet, Soft
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May Chang
(Litsea cubeba)
Aroma Description: May Chang Essential Oil smells sharp and has a complex lemony aroma.
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Nagarmotha
(Cyperus rotundus)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Earthy, Exotic, Musky, Resinous, Rich, Slightly spicy, Warm, Woody
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Patchouli
(Pogostemon cablin)
Aroma Description: Earthy, Exotic, Musky, Resinous, Rich, Sensual, Slightly floral, Warm, Woody
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Plai
(Zingiber montanum)
Aroma Description: Plai Essential Oil smells fresh, spicy, woody and peppery.
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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.
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Siam Wood
(Fokienia hodginsii)
Aroma Description: Exotic, Resinous, Rich, Sensual, Soft, Vanilla-like, Warm
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Spike Lavender
(Lavandula latifolia)
Aroma Description: Floral, fresh, camphorous, sweet and herbaceous
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Spikenard
(Nardostachys jatamansi)
Aroma Description: Spikenard Essential Oil smells deep earthy, woody and musky.
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Tea Tree, Lemon
(Leptospermum petersonii)
Aroma Description: Astringent, Citrus, Fresh, Lemony, Medicinal
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