Orange Essential Oil in a Diffuser
I don’t know about you, but I love the smell of orange essential oil (citrus sinensis). Its smell is calming and refreshing at the same time and smells just like oranges. Just waving the bottle back and forth under my nose makes me happy. 
So this weekend, I thought I’d try some orange oil in an aromatherapy diffuser, hoping it would perfume my kitchen with that great scent. I put one drop in the water and waited, thinking it was maybe like rose essential oil, where one drop is almost overwhelming!
Nothing happened. I couldn’t smell anything. So I added another drop, and then another drop, and so on. I finally got it up to 6 drops of orange essential oil. By then, I could smell it if I stuck my nose right over the diffuser. LOL!
I gave up after 6 drops and chalked up orange oil as “wimpy” in the diffusion department. I wonder why that’s so? Why do some essential oils diffuse great, and others disappear? Ah, the mysteries of aromatherapy…
Tuesday 26 Sep 2006 | Jen Calla | Uncategorized