5 Summer Aromatherapy Blends to Create Calming, Cooling and Connection
Summer is the time for longer, slower days and spending time with family and friends. It's the season of seashores, camping and exploring. Summer is vacations and kids' camp, baseball, grilling out and taking it easy in the evenings.
Essential oils are effective on a biochemical, cellular, and physical level as well as emotional, spiritual and intellectual levels. We are complex organisms made of up of chemistry, energy, physical matter, thought, emotion and spirit. Aromatherapy is a holistic method of using essential oils together to harmonize all of these elements for a more satisfying and meaningful living experience. It can protect, heal and enhance well-being and lifestyle. Even if you aren't sold on the scientific benefits or materia medica of essential oils, you can still enjoy the pleasing fragrances of these blends. Treat yourself to an olfactory sensory experience!
So, whether you're working hard or OOO, we've created these 5 aromatherapy blends to help ease you into a cool, calm, connected state of mind. If you try them out, let us know what you think and which is your favorite!
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Blend Name & Goal |
Essential Oils (drops / %) |
Scent Profile & Why It Works |
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Evening Hammock (Calming) |
Lavender 70d (35%) |
High linalool and ester content quiets the nervous system; sweet orange adds gentle optimism. Soft floral–citrus with smooth woody base. |
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Mint‑Grove (Cooling) |
Peppermint 50d (25%) |
Menthol & 1,8‑cineole trigger thermoreceptors; lime’s aldehydes brighten without phototoxicity. Crisp mint‑citrus breeze. |
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Seaside Siesta (Calming + Cooling) |
Bergamot FCF 60d (30%) |
Bergamot soothes; green mandarin sparks; lavender relaxes; vetiver grounds & cools. Sunny citrus top over a soft herbal‑earth base. |
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Summer Camp (Connection) |
Rose Geranium 60d (30%) |
Geranium + sandalwood foster harmony; grapefruit sparks joy; cardamom’s gentle spice invites openness. Lush rose‑citrus with creamy wood. |
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Desert Rain (Cooling + Grounding) |
Cypress 50d (25%) |
Evergreen terpenes evoke fresh rain; cedarwood stabilises mood; spearmint provides gentle cooling. Forest‑mint aroma that refreshes. |
How to use these blends
For Diffusers: 6–8 drops per 200 mL water, 20 min on / 40 min off cycles. Or add to a diffuser base at 20-30% (depending on your base's usage guidelines) and place in a glass or ceramic vessel and insert reeds or a charcoal wand.
As a Body Mist: Dilute 15 drops synergy in 30 mL witch‑hazel hydrosol; shake before spritzing (avoid direct skin if sun‑exposed citrus oils present).
As After‑Sun Lotion: Blend at 1–2 % in aloe‑vera gel or lightweight carrier for post‑sun cooling.
To store the blends, put in amber glass bottle with a firmly sealing cap, away from heat & light; best to use within 12 months.
If you're looking for some aromatherapy blends you can use on your body year-round, try our Anxiety Relief, Allergy Relief and Headache Relief Aromatherapy blend rollerballs. These oil-based roll on natural essential oil blends are perfect for on-the-go.