10ml Citronella Essential Oil
Citronella oil is often used as an insect repellent, although research has indicated it may also have antifungal properties and help with wound healing. You can use citronella oil in a diffuser or spray bottle, or you can dilute it in an oil or lotion before applying it to your skin.
- 10ml Citronella Essential Oil
- Botanical Name: Cymbopogon nardus
- Common Method of Extraction: Steam Distilled
- Part Typically Used: Grass
- Colour: Clear
- Consistency: Thin
- Perfumery Note: Top
- Strength of Initial Aroma: Medium
- Aromatic Description: Citrusy, slightly fruity, fresh, sweet
- Citronella Oil Uses: Excessive perspiration, fatigue, headache, insect repellent, oily skin. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: 1995), 58-67.
- Major Constituents: Citronellal Geranoil (-)-Citronellol (-)-Limonene (E)-Methyl isoeugenol Champhene Citronellyl acetate
Safety Information: Tisserand and Young indicate that there is a risk of drug interaction when using Citronella Oil. They recommend a deramal maximum of 18.2%. Reading Tisserand and Young's full profile is recommended. [Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young, Essential Oil Safety (Second Edition. United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2014), 251.]
