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- Botanical Name: Citrus limon
- Appearance: Pale yellow to deep yellow clear liquid
- Strength: Moderate
- Description: A bright fresh citrus aroma, similar to lemon peel
- Highlights: To prevent phototoxicity risks, use distilled (which is not as strong smelling as expressed) or folded lemon essential oil
Learn More
Want to learn more about this essential oil? Here’s some of my favorite resources:
- Robert Tisserand’s Essential Oil Safety, Pages 330 – 331
- Julia Lawless’ The Encyclopedia of Essential Oils, Pages 123 – 124
- The Good Scents Company
- AromaWeb
What's inside?
Every essential oil contains constituents, and every batch of essential oil can be different. For Lemon (Distilled) essential oil, we compiled constituent rates from several gas chromatograph analyses and cross-referenced with medical/science literature and studies. Each rate was then weighted in the higher range to ensure restrictions covered for general safe usage. Your specific Lemon (Distilled) essential oil may or may not contain all of the following constituents or contain them at these rates.
Here are the constituents and rates used in the calculator for Lemon (Distilled) essential oil:
- alpha-Bisabolol (Contains .5%)
- Citral (Contains 1%)
- Lemon IFRA (Contains 100%)
- Limonene (Contains 66%)
Featured In:
Blend: Brisk
Contains: Rosemary (Spanish), Peppermint (Redistilled), Lemon (Distilled), Grapefruit (Pink), Ginger Root, Lavender 40/42
Blend: Oatmeal Lavender
Contains: Lemon (Distilled), Ylang Ylang III, Geranium, Lavender 40/42
Blend: Smokey Grove (Rediscovered)
Contains: Vetiver, Orange (Sweet, Folded), Litsea Cubeba (May Chang), Lemon (Distilled), Lavender 40/42
Blend: Forty Thieves (Ride Again)
Contains: Clove Bud, Rosemary (Spanish), Lemon (Distilled), Eucalyptus Globulus, Cinnamon Leaf
Blend: Juicy
Contains: Orange (Sweet, Folded), Litsea Cubeba (May Chang), Lime (Distilled), Lemon (Distilled), Grapefruit (Pink)
Blend: Smoothly Lemon
Contains: Rosemary (Spanish), Litsea Cubeba (May Chang), Lemon (Distilled), Cedarwood (Atlas)
Blend: Burst
Contains: Peppermint (Redistilled), Litsea Cubeba (May Chang), Lemon (Distilled)
Blend: Radiance
Contains: Clove Bud, Rosemary (Spanish), Lemon (Distilled), Grapefruit (Pink)
Blend: Salient
Contains: Rosemary (Spanish), Peppermint (Redistilled), Litsea Cubeba (May Chang), Lemon (Distilled), Lavender 40/42
Blend: Serenade
Contains: Rosemary (Spanish), Lemon (Distilled), Ylang Ylang III, Bergamot (FCF)
Blend: Crystallization
Contains: Juniper Berry, Ho Wood, Rosemary (Spanish), Peppermint (Redistilled), Lemon (Distilled), Tea Tree (Australian)
Blend: Sweet Enough (Redux)
Contains: Vetiver, Peru Balsam, Orange (Sweet, Folded), Lemon (Distilled)
Blend: Supernatural
Contains: Orange (Sweet, Folded), Litsea Cubeba (May Chang), Lemon (Distilled), Clary Sage, Lavender 40/42
Blend: Roots
Contains: Peppermint (Redistilled), Litsea Cubeba (May Chang), Lemon (Distilled), Bergamot (FCF)
Blend: Aquaholic
Contains: Rosemary (Spanish), Lemon (Distilled), Eucalyptus Globulus, Cedarwood (Atlas), Ylang Ylang III, Geranium, Lavender 40/42, Bergamot (FCF)
Blend: Spring Walk
Contains: Ho Wood, Rosemary (Spanish), Petitgrain, Lemon (Distilled), Bergamot (FCF)
Blend: Walk in the Park
Contains: Coriander Seed, Clove Bud, Palmarosa, Lime (Distilled), Lemon (Distilled), Grapefruit (Pink), Lavender 40/42
Blend: Whisper
Contains: Rosemary (Spanish), Petitgrain, Lemon (Distilled), Eucalyptus Globulus, Lavender 40/42