Essential oils can be used to make perfume, reduce stress, regulate hormones, and boost the immune system! This post will dive into the best essential oils for women for all of these things and more.
In my home, we use essential oils for cleaning, cooking, mood support, and in our skin care. Whether you make your own lotions and shampoos or purchase them from the store, most likely, there are essential oils in those skin care products.
Essential oils have been used for centuries to uplift the mood, promote healthy skin, and for medicinal purposes. As a mom, I find a lot of uses for essential oils with my kids and for myself.
Today’s post is just for women. I am going to share the top 5 essential oils for women and recipes to help with common ailments, skin, perfumes, and more!
Best Essential Oils for Women
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#1 Clary Sage
Clary sage essential oil is steam distilled from the flower of the clary sage plant. It is native to the Mediterranean and Europe. It is a well-known essential oil for women as it can help bring on labor and help with postpartum depression.
Top uses for clary sage essential oil:
- Helps with hot flashes
- Reduces stress and anxious feelings
- Promotes labor
- Help with infertility
- Helpful for mood swings
- Soothes cramps
To get the benefits of clary sage, you can use the essential oil topically, aromatically, or internally. Be sure to check the essential oil bottle to make sure it is safe for internal use before using it that way.
As with all the oils mentioned, be sure to check with the manufacture and your doctor to see if the oils your using are safe for internal use.
For topical use, make an essential oil roller bottle and apply it down the spine, abdomen, relax points, or the area of concern.
#2 Lavender
Lavender essential oil is steam distilled from the flower buds of a lavender plant. It, too, is native to the Mediterranean and is grown on rocky or sandy soil. Lavender is well known for its soothing, relaxing, and calming properties.
Top uses for lavender essential oil:
- Promotes a healthy night sleep
- Reduces stress and anxious feelings
- Helps with skin imperfections
- Reduces signs of anti-aging
- Can reduce head tension
- Supports emotional balance
Several brands of lavender essential oil are safe for internal use. Lavender is very gentle and can be used on sensitive skin.
Lavender Roller Bottle
- Add 10-15 Drops of lavender essential oil to a 10mL roller bottle
- Top off with fractionated coconut oil.
Another great yet simple way to use lavender essential oil is by adding it into a lotion or applying neat. To mix with a lotion, add a dime-sized amount of oil to the palm of your hand with 1 drop of lavender oil. Massage into skin.
One of the best ways to receive the benefits of lavender essential oil is by diffusing it. Adding a few drops of lavender to your diffuser can promote a calm and relaxing environment.
Learn more about lavender essential oil here.
#3 Frankincense
Frankincense essential oil tends to show up on any list of essential oils as it is good for everyone and everything. It is known as the “king of essential oils,” and for good reason! Frankincense oil comes from the resin of the Boswellia trees.
Top uses for frankincense essential oil:
- Reduces stress and anxious feelings
- Lightens scars and stretch marks
- Supports healthy cellular function
- Promotes healthy emotional balance
- Reduces skin imperfections and signs of aging
- Uplifts the mood
- Promotes a healthy night sleep
- Aids digestion and respiratory system
Frankincense essential oil can be used aromatically, topically, and internally. The best way to get benefits from frankincense oil is by getting it on your body. You can make a roller bottle with it or add a few drops into your lotion.
Frankincense Roller Bottle
- Add 10-15 drops to a 10mL roller bottle
- Top off with Fractionated coconut oil.
To help with anti-aging and reducing wrinkles, fine lines, and crows feet, apply to the face twice daily.
Learn more about frankincense essential oil here.
#4 Geranium
Geranium is steam distilled from the geranium plant. It is best known for balancing hormones, reducing body odor, calm emotions, and supporting healthy hair.
Geranium has a beautiful and relaxing aroma that is often found in women’s perfumes and body mists.
Top uses for geranium essential oil:
- Promotes beautiful and healthy skin
- Soothes and moisturizes the skin
- Helps with dry and oily hair
- Calming and relaxing
- Aids in hormone balance
- Reduces body odor
- Soothes cramps
Geranium essential oil can be used topically on the skin or aromatically in a diffuser.
#5 Rose
Rose essential oil is one of my favorite essential oils, and similar to frankincense, rose can benefit almost everyone. It is a very powerful immune-boosting oil, smells amazing, and has incredible benefits for the skin.
Rose essential oil is steam distilled from the flower and can be very expensive. If you don’t have rose essential oil, geranium is a good substitute and much more affordable.
Top uses for rose essential oil:
- Promotes healthy, clear skin
- Reduces signs of aging and other skin imperfections
- A natural boost of energy
- Can help regulate menstruations
- Best natural perfume
- Reduce signs of scars and stretch marks
- Promotes feelings of peace
- Regulates emotional balance
Essential Oils for Hormones
- Clary sage
- Geranium
- Frankincense
- Ylang ylang
As you can see, several essential oils can help regulate hormones. To use essential oils for hormones, make a roller bottle and apply it to the pulse points. You can also use them aromatically by adding the essential oils to the palm of your hands and cup hands over the nose and inhale.
Essential Oils for Cramps
- Peppermint (avoid using while nursing)
- Jasmine
- Copaiba
- Geranium
- Clary sage
Choose a few essential oils from the list above to massage over the abdomen. Layer the oils on and apply as needed.
Essential Oils for Fertility
- Clary sage
- Fennel
- Geranium
- Rose
- Bergamot
Make a roller bottle with 5 drops of each essential oil and then top off with a carrier oil. Apply to the lower abdomen twice daily. Roll over the ovaries and uterus.
Essential Oils for Hot Flashes
- Clary sage
- Eucalyptus
- Lemon
- Peppermint
Make a roller bottle with 5 drops of each essential oil and then top off with a carrier oil. Apply to pulse points, back of the neck, and down the spine.
Essential Oils for Perfume
I have shared a post all about making your own perfume, so be sure to check that out! My favorite essential oils for perfume are rose, jasmine, and lavender. I love the aroma of floral oils and how they calm and relax.
To make perfume, you can make a roller bottle with 30 drops of your choice of essential oils in a 10mL roller bottle and top it off with a carrier oil.
Or you can make a body mist by mixing the essential oils with water or witch hazel in a glass spray bottle.
Apply to the chest and wrist as needed.
Stacy says
Thank you so much for all the useful information! I love your website…..such fun!
Laura says
Thank you so much!
Ally says
Hey Laura, I was wondering what essential oil brand you use? Really wondering what companies are reliable
Laura says
I personally use doTERRA. You can see more information on that here: https://shopoils.com/laura-ascher/
Melissa says
You can make perfume by essential oils to vodka just add the oils and keep in a dark place and review it every week use your own judgement when you think it is ready.
Fatema says
Hi Laura, Your blog is very informative. However, I want to know how do you decide how many drops of each oil to add to create a blend?