Mosquito repellent essential oils

Essential oils that naturally repel mosquitoes

Summer is generally the favorite season for insects, wasps, and mosquitoes. When warm weather returns, these small pests quickly reappear. You can use the benefits of aromatherapy to naturally repel insects and mosquitoes to serenely enjoy your summer.

At Joli’Essence, all our essential oils are rigorously selected for their 100% pure and natural quality and come from plants from certified organic farming.

Java Citronella Essential Oil

Citronella is one of the most renowned essential oils for repelling mosquitoes. An ancestral remedy against mosquito attacks and bites, it is the aromatherapy reference for its insect-repelling properties, both for prevention and healing. It is used in many mosquito repellent products and often diffused to naturally keep them away.

Java Citronella has a herbaceous and lemony scent, very effective at repelling mosquitoes. Java citronella essential oil contains citronellol and geraniol, two natural molecules that disrupt the mosquito's nervous system. Thus, the lemony scent it emits naturally repels mosquitoes.

Rose Geranium Essential Oil

Rose Geranium essential oil is also very well known for naturally repelling mosquitoes and other insects thanks to its compounds. Its citronellol and geraniol molecules also act as mosquito repellent.

Its rosy and floral scent is ideal if you don't appreciate lemony scents like that of citronella essential oil.

Very well known for naturally repelling mosquitoes, wasps, and other insects, it also helps to dry out pimples.

Lemon Eucalyptus Essential Oil

In aromatherapy, lemon eucalyptus essential oil is also used as a traditional mosquito repellent. Its essential oil is known for its repulsive properties because it contains citronellal and citronellol, which naturally repels mosquitoes. Acting as a natural mosquito repellent, it keeps insects away and kills the larvae of some mosquitoes.

Its properties naturally prevent mosquitoes and also help relieve insect bites.

How to use essential oils against mosquitoes

To naturally repel mosquitoes, essential oils can be applied in different ways.

We suggest you pour a few drops of one of these mosquito repellent essential oils on your clothes or put a few drops on a handkerchief and keep it nearby to naturally repel mosquitoes.

You can also pour a few drops of these essential oils with repellent properties into your diffuser or into candles to naturally get rid of mosquitoes long-term.

Like all products, we advise you to observe certain specific precautions.

• Do not use these essential oils in pregnant or breastfeeding women, in children under 3 years old, or in asthmatic subjects or those allergic to one of its components.
• Always dilute your mosquito repellent essential oils in a vegetable oil or another suitable medium.
• Respect the recommended dosages.

Natural homemade mosquito repellent recipe

You can also make your own mosquito repellent to naturally repel mosquitoes.

Discover our easy and inexpensive homemade recipe to make your "Stop Bites" mosquito repellent spray. Rich in Geranium and Citronella essential oils, this treatment acts as a 2-in-1. It naturally repels mosquitoes and soothes your skin from bites. This spray can be applied to clothes or directly to the skin and affected areas.