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As
Autumn brings forth its cooler temperatures and richly colored falling
leaves, it's a perfect time to enjoy diffusing and blending with
warming essential oils like ginger, cardamom, cinnamon and clove.
Below is a list of essential oils well suited
for incorporation into your favorite fall and autumn diffuser blends.
The oils included in this list were selected for their warming,
spicy, resinous or woody aroma. This is a highly subjective list.
You may want to skim through the list of 110 oils contained in AromaWeb's
Essential Oil Profiles area for oils that
you personally like for Autumn.
By their nature, spicy essential oils like Cinnamon,
Clove Bud and Ginger
are strong and quite warming. A little goes a long way with these
oils. They shouldn't be heavily diffused into a room as they can
irritate the mucous membranes. It's best to blend stronger spice
oils into more gentle oils like Sweet
Orange Essential Oil (see the Blending Spice Oils section below).
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Essential Oils for Autumn (Fall):
Warming/Spicy/Resinous/Woody Essential Oils and
Absolutes
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Blending Spice Oils
Spice essential oils can be quite strong. When
I create a seasonal autumn essential oil diffuser blend, I typically
start with a single essential oil that I particularly enjoy and
then complement it by adding spice oils in low proportion.
Citrus oils, especially Sweet
Orange Essential Oil blend well with the spice oils. Orange
essential oil is especially abundant and is one of the most affordable
of essential oils. It has few contraindications and most people
love the aroma. During the chilly fall months, I love combining
a few drops of ginger, cinnamon, clove, and/or patchouli with Orange,
Mandarin or Tangerine.
Working with the other citrus oils like Bergamot,
Lemon, Lime
and Grapefruit and
the oils in the above list can lead to some lovely combinations.
Autumn Essential Oil Diffuser Blend Examples
Below are 3 example autumn diffuser blends. Create
the blends by adding the proper amount of essential oils to a dark-colored
glass bottle. Add the appropriate number of drops from your created
blend to your diffuser following
the manufacturers instructions.
Be sure and familiarize yourself using reputable
sources for the safety and contraindications of all oils you choose
to use. Make the smallest possible blend first to make sure you
like the blend before doubling, tripling, etc. the recipe.
Please be responsible to find out the specific
safety precautions and contraindications
of the oils in the blends you choose to use.
Blend #1
10 drops Sweet Orange
Essential Oil
4 drops Ginger Essential
Oil
6 drops Patchouli
Essential Oil
Blend #2
8 drops Sweet Orange
Essential Oil
6 drops Lime Essential
Oil
6 drops Sage
Essential Oil
Blend #3
12 drops Sweet Orange
Essential Oil
3 drops Cinnamon
Essential oil
3 drops Clove Bud
Essential Oil
2 drops Nutmeg
Essential Oil
Coniferous Essential Oils Are Also Nice in Fall Blends
Though more traditionally associated with Christmas
and wintertime, I also like incorporating coniferous oils like Cypress,
Fir Needle, Juniper
Berry and Scotch
Pine into my autumn blends.
A Warning About Applying Spice Oils to the Skin
My focus within this article is in selecting oils
for diffusion. When creating blends and topical products that you
apply to your skin, remember that many of the spice oils can cause
skin irritation and should be used as incredibly low dilutions,
if at all.
Important Note: The information provided in the Oil Profiles area is for educational purposes only. This data is not considered complete
and is not guaranteed to be accurate.
General Safety Information: Do not take any oils internally
without consultation from a qualified aromatherapy practitioner. Do not apply
undiluted essential oils, absolutes, CO2s or other concentrated essences onto the skin. If you are pregnant, epileptic, have
liver damage, have cancer, or have any other medical problem, use oils
only under the proper guidance of a qualified aromatherapy practitioner. Use
extreme caution when using oils with children and give children only
the gentlest oils at extremely low doses. It is safest to consult a qualified
aromatherapy practitioner before using oils with children. A skin
patch test should be conducted prior to using an oil that you've never
used before. Instructions on conducting a skin patch test
and more safety information can be found by visiting the Safety
Information page. For very in-depth information on oil safety
issues, read Essential Oil Safety by Robert
Tisserand and Tony Balacs.
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