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Citronella Essential Oil (Standardised) - Essentially Natural

Citronella Essential Oil (Standardised) - Essentially Natural

R39.00
R39.00

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Produced in South Africa Natural Origin Vegan Cruelty-Free
INCI: Cymbopogon winterianus Oil

Citronella Essential Oil is a standardised essential oil steam distilled from Cymbopogon winterianus and used in outdoor blends, home fragrance, and body products that call for a fresh lemony aroma. It is especially well known in outdoor sprays, candles, and diffusers where a bright, citrus-herbal scent is wanted. The standardised profile helps keep the aroma more consistent from batch to batch, which can be useful in repeat-blend making. This is a concentrated essential oil and must be diluted before skin use.

♡ Why we love it: We choose to stock Citronella Essential Oil because it is one of the most practical outdoor and home-blend oils to keep on hand. The standardised scent profile is especially helpful for makers who want more predictable results in sprays, candles, and repeated batch work.

This product is certified: Vegan and Beauty Without Cruelty.

Need detailed info? COAs and SDSs are available — just send us the product name and batch number, and we’ll gladly share them with you.
  • Botanical Name: Cymbopogon winterianus
  • Extraction Method: Steam distilled
  • Type: Standardised essential oil
  • Aroma: Fresh, lemony, citrus-herbal
  • Solubility: Oil soluble (not water soluble)
  • Storage: Store tightly closed in a cool, dry place away from light and heat
  • Outdoor and household insect-repelling blends
  • Room mists, outdoor diffusers, and candle projects
  • Uplifting bath and shower blends when properly diluted
  • Garden and household scent blends for outdoor spaces

    Citronella Essential Oil Is For:

  • DIY makers creating outdoor sprays and insect-repelling blends
  • Aromatherapy routines that enjoy crisp, lemony notes
  • Home care projects that need a fresh outdoor-style aroma
  • Blend making where scent consistency matters from batch to batch

    • Citronella Essential Oil Is Not For:

  • Direct use on young children
  • Pre-diluted ready-to-apply body products
  • Water-only sprays without a suitable solubiliser
  • Very sensitive skin without cautious dilution and patch testing
  • As a Diffuser Oil: Use a few drops in a diffuser and adjust to preference.
  • As a Body Product Ingredient: Dilute in a suitable carrier at an appropriate total essential oil level.
  • As an Outdoor Spray Ingredient: Combine with water and a suitable solubiliser, then shake before use.
  • As a Candle Scent: Follow the wax or base supplier’s recommended fragrance load.
  • Processing Tip: Start low and adjust to preference, as a few drops can go a long way.
  • For external use only
  • Do not ingest
  • Dilute before skin application
  • Patch test before first use
  • May irritate sensitive skin, avoid contact with eyes and mucous membranes
  • Not recommended for direct use on young children
  • If pregnant, breastfeeding, or under medical care, seek professional guidance before use
  • Keep out of reach of children and pets

Q: What does “standardised” mean here?
A: It means the aroma profile is kept more consistent from batch to batch for more predictable blending.

Q: Can Citronella Essential Oil be added directly to water for a spray?
A: No. A suitable solubiliser is needed to help disperse the oil in water.

Q: What does Citronella Essential Oil blend well with?
A: It pairs well with fresh and woody oils such as lemon, lemongrass, lavender, rosemary, and cedarwood.

About Essential Oils In General

Essential oils are highly concentrated plant essences. The ingestion of essential oils is not recommended without prior advice from your health care practitioner. Dilute in a carrier or base when necessary. Read our quick guide: Essential Oils

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Conitapancakes (Cape Town, ZA)
No more misquitos

Citronella is my new friend during summer. With my husband sleeping with top doors and windows open🙄 this oil helps me to keep uninvited visitors out my bedroom.

Hi there Conita,

Thank you for this great review! 😄

We’re so glad the citronella is keeping those uninvited summer guests at a safe distance - especially with those open windows! 🙈

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience - it really means a lot to us <3

Wishing you many more peaceful nights

Warmly,
Aiden & The EN Team

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Marie L. (Johannesburg, ZA)
Amazing Products

What an amazing product. I know it is just citronella oil but it is so fresh and the service was amazing 🤩. I also lovey little gift even though I have to confess I don't know what to use it for 😂

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A.L. (Cape Town, ZA)
Love! Love! Love!

Absolutely love it, always a fan of citronella so many uses and always a fresha smell to any room. Super impressed with delivery and the free gift THANK YOU❤️. Will definetly purchase again.

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Faithful M. (Pretoria, ZA)
Mosquitoes

I used this product on my baby skin to prevent mosquito bites it really helps

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Tshepo M. (Cape Town, ZA)
Awesome!

The citronella oil is exactly what I wanted - pure and effective. Use it at home and camp. The simple order and collection process works beautifully too! Thank you!

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Antonia (Cape Town, ZA)
Perfect to keep the mozzies at bay

I have been using this for a week in a diffuser and it has been keeping the mozzies away perfectly. I don't need to spray my body with chemicals any more

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Glenn W. (Cape Town, ZA)
Amazing scent and keeps insects at a distance

Great to use in candles and scent is strong and the house always smells nice and fresh.

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Corinne E. (Cape Town, ZA)
Great insect repellent

Works great in our little terracotta oil burner to repel insects. Thank you for your quick, warm service!!

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Cathlin d.V. (Atlantis, ZA)
Its starts fading away

I love this scent but it doesn't stay on my skin for too long I use it in my butters, I tried different batches and added extra in my second batch but the scent soon fades away. Should I throw the entire bottle in? The scent, when applied, is very strong and overpowering and then it becomes subtle and soon after its no more....Am I doing something wrong perhaps? Kindly assist.

Hi Cathlin, citronella oil is a very volatile oil, meaning it's molecules easily evaporate. So when you apply it to your skin and it is exposed to the air, the scent can dissipate quite quickly. It's just unfortunately how this particular oil works - you're not doing anything wrong! :)

Please don't use the whole bottle as this won't help and you may get a reaction if too much is used.

You could try blending a scent fixer such as arrowroot powder to your body butter, which might help to fix the scent somewhat.

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Kid (Cape Town, ZA)
Effective for mosquitoes and smells nice(ish)

I was using SOIL citronella before and it was not as effective as this one for mosquitoes, plus it smelt way worse. I use it in an ultrasonic aroma diffuser - I find that essential oils don’t do much for repelling mosquitoes unless I use my aroma diffuser. I’m not the biggest fan of the citronella scent in general but this one is better than most, I add some rosemary and peppermint and a drop of cinnamon and it smells great and all the bugs hate it

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Lerato (Johannesburg, ZA)
Awesome!

I love it. Keeps the bugs at bay.

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Joanne E. (Cape Town, ZA)
Wonderful essential oil for pest repellent

Great service and quality oil - awesome for using against mozzies and flies

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Nadeemah F. (Cape Town, ZA)

Loved the products. The free sample was a very sweet thought

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Odette (Johannesburg, ZA)
Amazing

Very happy with my order and very definitely is good quality oils. Will definitely order again.

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Ane P. (Johannesburg, ZA)

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Alechia L. (Durban, ZA)

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Varsha
I'm a fan

always a fan of citronella oil and this one is nice to always have around

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Bronwen V.
Five stars!

Five Stars

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Gill R.
5 stars

Five stars!

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Tulisa M.
5 stars

good

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