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Citronella Essential Oil - 100% Pure 703
Citronella Essential Oil - 100% Pure 703 Citronella Essential Oil - 100% Pure 703
Citronella Essential Oil - 100% Pure 703
Regular price $12.21
Lemon-like aroma with grassy green undertones.
Size: 2 fl oz
($6.11/oz)
Lemon-like aroma with grassy green undertones.
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Overall rating: 4.9280577 / 5 from 139 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

Citronella EO - Certified 100% Pure 703 offers a lemon-like aroma with grassy green undertones, blending well with geranium, lemon, bergamot, orange, cedarwood, and pines. Customers praise its effectiveness in repelling mosquitoes and its high-quality blend with other essential oils. The product is also appreciated for its great price.

Summary topics

  • Scent Quality: 39%
  • Oil Quality: 27%
  • Mosquito Repellent Effectiveness: 7%
  • Price Value: 12%

Review topics: ["size","quality","value","scent","problems","buy","use","price","works","oil","fragrance","bugs","mosquitoes","keeper","citronella","soap","spray","addition","holds","eo","combination","balm","blend","sniff","alot","stays","repellent","rating","suckers","aroma"].

Review highlights

  • "This soap is really good with keeping mosquitoes away." — Patricia
  • "High quality essential oil at a fabulous price." — Amber
  • "Wonderful essential oil for a great price." — Kara

Reviews

Bug repellent

"I use this in my big off soap"

— Jodi I. (5/5)

Love this for soaps

"I use this heavily in the spring and summer in my cold process soap. It has great staying power and is a great natural bug repellant."

— Nyota (5/5)

AWESOME!

"I used this in a body spray for mosquitoes and it works! I am one to get bit all the time and usually they seek me out, this works!!"

— Christine (5/5)

Citronella

"Perfect addition for any bug sprays! As I always say with WSP essential oils. . . . I love that it's certified pure. Worked like a charm in bug sprays. I didn't make them for sale. . . . I only used it on my family. However, I do add this to my dog soap and it does great."

— Christen (5/5)

Bug Off Spray

"This oil is excellent to use as a bug repellant. I use it, along, with tea tree and lavender EO, in my All Natural Bug Off Spray and soy candles and it works fabulously to repel ticks, chiggers, mosquitoes and sweat bees. If you need to know what percentage to use in your product, WSP provides that information for each oil under- neath the section entitled ""Documents"". As a result, you do not have to concern yourself with mistakenly adding too much or too little of the oil to your products. You get it exactly right."

— Linda (5/5)

Great for Bug Repellent!

"I made my own bug repellant this summer & this citronella is perfect! The price is great & it's 100% pure. Can easily be added to distilled water for a quick bug spray!"

— Jill (5/5)

Great!

"This worked great in outdoor candles for the summer. Did just as expected and the price was awesome."

— Georgia (5/5)

Worked great

"I used this in a pet bug repellant soap! Great Product."

— Kristyn (5/5)

High quality essential oil

"A little goes a long way of this scent! I use it in candles and lotion. High quality essential oil."

— LaDonna (5/5)

Excellent

"This worked very nicely in a natural bug balm that I made using olive oil, beeswax and several other EOs. It is not harsh or chemically and it does repel bugs for quite a while."

— Lenore (5/5)

Q&A

Is this oil safe for the skin
Citronella essential oil (EO) is generally considered safe for use on the skin when properly diluted. Use with carrier oil and test on skin before use.
Is Citronella EO safe to use in a bug spray for babies and children? If so, what's the recommended usage ratio/percentage? Is there a different percentage recommended for adults? Thinking of making a spray with a combination of EOs to still smell nice while repelling bugs but want it to be baby/child safe. Thanks!
This is something you need to consult with a pediatrician about. Citronella is safe for use in sprays for adults up to 5%, so you cannot use more than that.
Do you need specific labeling if you use citronella in candles?
We do not believe you need any special labeling if making a citronella candle.
What is another essential oil others mix this with to make candles or bug spray?
Lemongrass, Peppermint, Cedarwood, Eucalyptus, and Rosemary are some suggestions for repelling bugs.
Is this oil safe to use in candles?
I found Citronella EO to be a strong scent in my candles. I use closer to 4% to keep it tolerable.

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