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Mandarin Essential Oil

Mandarin Essential Oil is a favorite of children and parents. Of all the citrus oils, Mandarin Oil is the sweetest and tends to be the most calming. If desiring to use a citrus oil in the evenings before bed or with children, Mandarin Essential Oil is usually the best choice.

Mandarin Oil

Botanical Name: Citrus reticulata Common Method of Extraction: Cold Pressed/Expressed Color: Greenish Orange Consistency: Thin Perfumery Note: Top Strength of Initial Aroma: Medium

Aromatic Description: Very sweet, citrusy, fruity.

	Mandarin Orange

Mandarin Oil Uses: Acne, dull skin, insomnia, oily skin, scars, spots, stress, wrinkles. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: Element Books, 1995), 56-67.]

Mandarin Oranges

Constituents: Limonene, methyl methylanthranilate, geraniol, citral, citronellal. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: Element Books, 1995), 121.]

Safety Information: Essential Oil Safety by Robert Tisserand does not indicate any special precautions when using Mandarin Oil. [Robert Tisserand, Essential Oil Safety (United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone, 1995), 219.]

I have read conflicting reports as to whether Mandarin Oil is phototoxic. It may be prudent to treat Mandarin Essential Oil as a phototoxic oil.

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