Rosemary essential oil is used for its scent: a few drops in a diffuser, a bath, a body oil or a household cleaning spray, always diluted before it touches skin. Here is how many drops for each, and what it blends with.
Follow your diffuser's own instructions first. As a guideline, 3 to 5 drops for every 100 mL of water in the tank. Run it for 30 to 60 minutes, then rest it for as long. It mixes well with lavender here, and is used to freshen a bathroom, or a kitchen after cooking.
The 3 to 5 drops are a guideline from the Tisserand Institute's support team; the timing is from the Tisserand Institute's safety guidelines.
Never put drops straight into the water. Stir them into a carrier oil or an unscented bath gel first, then add that to the bath. The Tisserand Institute's range for bath products is 2 to 4%. This guide's own example amount is 1 tablespoon (15 mL) of carrier, which at 2 to 4% takes 9 to 18 drops.
Blend it with sweet almond, jojoba or coconut oil; the store names almond as the lightest. The Tisserand Institute's range for body oils is 1 to 3%, and 2% is usual: 18 drops in a 30 mL bottle.
For a household cleaning spray, the store suggests mixing it with hot water, vinegar, lemon oil and lemon juice. It also goes into a homemade candle.
Questions
| Making | Strength | 10 mL | 30 mL | 50 mL | 100 mL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body oil | 2% | 6 | 18 | 30 | 60 |
| Bath | 3% | 13 drops in 1 tablespoon (15 mL) of carrier oil, per bath. The tablespoon is this guide's own example amount. | |||
| Diffuser | Follow your diffuser's own instructions first. As a guideline, 3 to 5 drops for every 100 mL of water, from the Tisserand Institute's support team. | ||||
The rest of the guide
What it is, how to read its label, and where to buy a bottle.
How people mix it into a scalp oil: the drops, the carrier, the patch test.
Infusing dried rosemary in a carrier at home, step by step.