Thanks for this thread! I always sweeten my lemon eucalyptus with spearmint, but I love the ideas above for other blends.
What's good with Lemon-Eucalyptus?
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If you have lemon eucalyptus consider other uses. I mix with alcohol and water for a personal mosquito spray. Works great. I don't add an emulsifier so it is a shake and spray for my personal use only. I use 50% alcohol, 25% water, and 25% EO. I have seen it sold with up to 40% EO.
It's pretty strong - i wonder if I should have used less that 3% to scent the batch?
Aromasuzie
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@KiwiMoose Lemon eucalyptus is a top note so I think you'll find it will loose the intensity as your soap cures.
Smells a bit like citronella
Zany_in_CO
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On another note, Lemon Eucalyptus Essential Oil is an excellent mossie (mosquito) repellent!
Use rate: 10% in spray body mist.
Spray bottle should be able to withstand a high % of essential oil. I use the metallic ones.
SHORT STORY
When my nephew got married in Rio, Brazil, they rented a Villa that housed 25 guests. The mosquito population that year was wicked and there were many cases of dengue fever. I sent along 25 bottles of the spray, one for each of the guests. When the event was over, my sister gave her bottle to the host who was leaving on a trip up the Amazon. He was so grateful. Could not thank her enough. Very effective -- stronger than Deet according to the EPA/CDC and safe for children and pets. Long lasting too -- 5-6 hours,
I'm sorry I don't have access to all the research I did. When I got my new iMac, I lost a lot of info (in Apple Works) when it didn't transfer over to Pages.
ETA: The words "Oil of Lemon Eucalyptus" above is not correct. That is a synthetic that was developed after the essential oil became well-known as a repellant. It is used in a well-known commercial spray. The EO is what I use at the 10% rate according to the EPA/CDC.
It is a very long-lasting scent. It contains more citronella than citronella. I put some on a cotton ball near the light bulb halfway down the basement stairs. It has a pleasant lemon mint scent. I could smell it for at least a year because it was so refreshing that I left it where it was for a long time.
Use rate: 10% in spray body mist.
Spray bottle should be able to withstand a high % of essential oil. I use the metallic ones.
SHORT STORY
When my nephew got married in Rio, Brazil, they rented a Villa that housed 25 guests. The mosquito population that year was wicked and there were many cases of dengue fever. I sent along 25 bottles of the spray, one for each of the guests. When the event was over, my sister gave her bottle to the host who was leaving on a trip up the Amazon. He was so grateful. Could not thank her enough. Very effective -- stronger than Deet according to the EPA/CDC and safe for children and pets. Long lasting too -- 5-6 hours,
I'm sorry I don't have access to all the research I did. When I got my new iMac, I lost a lot of info (in Apple Works) when it didn't transfer over to Pages.
ETA: The words "Oil of Lemon Eucalyptus" above is not correct. That is a synthetic that was developed after the essential oil became well-known as a repellant. It is used in a well-known commercial spray. The EO is what I use at the 10% rate according to the EPA/CDC.
It is a very long-lasting scent. It contains more citronella than citronella. I put some on a cotton ball near the light bulb halfway down the basement stairs. It has a pleasant lemon mint scent. I could smell it for at least a year because it was so refreshing that I left it where it was for a long time.
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I use 2% lemon eucalyptus and 2% spearmint in my batches. It's a good balance, I think.
Aromasuzie
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It all comes down to how much citronellal is in the essential oil, Lemon eucalyptus has 70-75%, while Citronella only has 30-48%.
