Citronella Essential Oil – 2% Pre-Diluted in MCT | Outdoor Botanical Oil for Garden, Porch, and Cleaning Rituals

Citronella Essential Oil – Stillroom Essentials Collection

Fresh, Bright & Protective; A Practical Botanical Oil for Outdoor Days & Household Rituals

Citronella is the quiet workhorse of the herb world, humble but mighty. Fresh, lemony, and crisp, this oil has long been used to keep bugs at bay, freshen the air, and bring a bright herbal scent to household cleaning and outdoor living.

Steam distilled from organic citronella grass and gently blended into MCT oil at 2%, this essential oil is ready to use in blends for the skin, garden sprays, or as part of your summertime stillroom rituals. Bright and brisk, it’s clean without being cloying, useful, comforting, and full of purpose.

Herbal Profile

• Botanical Name: Cymbopogon nardus
• Plant Family: Poaceae (Grass Family)
• Origin: Steam distilled from organic citronella grass
• Common Uses: Outdoor body oils, garden sprays, vinegar cleaners, diffuser blends
• Aromatic Notes: Lemony, grassy, sharp, fresh

Uses & Rituals

Add to carrier oil for a skin-safe outdoor spray, especially nice blended with lemon and rosemary.
Mix into vinegar for a natural household cleaner.
Add to diffuser blends to freshen the air before company arrives.
Perfect for garden-side rituals, summer nights on the porch, or linen sprays for drying clothes on the line (test on fabric first).

Shelf Life & Safety

Shelf-stable and self-preserving when stored away from heat, sunlight, and air.

• Pre-diluted to 2% in MCT oil for adult use.
• Dilute to 1–1.5% for children; 0.5% for babies.
• Always patch test before skin application.
• Avoid direct use on pets. Seek guidance for pregnancy use.

Packaging Notes (Apothecary Style)

Each hand-blended oil is poured into a 1 oz. graduated cobalt glass bottle, shifting from deep indigo to clear at the shoulder—chosen to protect the life of the oil within.
Choose a silver screw cap or essential-oil-safe glass dropper for ease of use.

Each bottle is wrapped by hand in crisp white tissue, tied with linen twine, and finished with a round label bearing a quiet word of intention (Guard).
Tucked inside is an apothecary story card, sharing the heritage, traditional uses, and gentle care suggestions—crafted to echo the old stillrooms where usefulness and beauty lived side by side.

Pairs Well With

Lemon, Rosemary, Lavender, Eucalyptus