We know that summer isn’t always sunshine and smiles. Sure, the longer days and ice creams are great. But the heat, sweat, sticky skin, and surprise mosquito bites makes summer feel unbearable sometimes. Essential oils can’t solve all of these problems that are caused by heat waves and scorching heat, but it can surely help you in battling with harsh summer days in a better way.
Essential oils aren’t just for cozy winter or spa days, they can be your best friend during hot, exhausting months too. Whether you’re struggling to sleep in a stuffy room, or want your home to smell like a breezy summer morning, the right summer essential oil blends can make a huge difference.
In this blog, we will walk you through some of SIVA approved go-to summer essential oil blends that are cooling, freshening, and energizing. Let’s dive in and make this summer a little easier.
What Makes a Great Summer Essential Oil Blend?
Not all essential oils are summer-friendly. A summer essential oil blend is usually created by combining citrusy oils such as lemon and grapefruit, refreshing herb oil like peppermint and rosemary, or floral oils such as lavender and ylang ylang. These oils not only make your home smell great and welcoming in summer but also help in making you productive for your work, meditation or exercise routine.
Top 7 Summer Essential Oil Blend for your Diffuser
Summer essential oil blends are simple to make at home. All you need is your favorite essential oils and a few minutes to mix them.
1. Citrus Splash Diffuser Blend
A citrus essential oil blend is a refreshing choice for your diffuser in summer. Citrus essential oil has a very zesty, fresh and energizing fragrance that makes it appropriate for summers. Citrus oils are light in nature and they don’t overwhelm your senses like sweet essential oils such as vanilla. If you’re someone who starts the day with yoga or home workouts, or you work remotely and want your space to feel fresh and productive during the summer, citrus oil blends might just fit right into your routine.
Ingredients for Citrusy Summer Essential Oil Blend:
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3 drops Orange Essential Oil
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2 drops Grapefruit Essential Oil
How to use: Either add 2-3 drops of this blend to your diffuser or apply it on your pulse points after diluting with a carrier oil for a fresh experience.
2. Cool Breeze Summer Blend
We call this essential oil blend Cool Breeze because it is literally made up of essential oils that are cooling in nature. To create this summer essential oil blend, you can use peppermint, eucalyptus, and tea tree essential oils. All three have a green and fresh aroma that can make your home smell like a lush green forest. The menthol present in peppermint and eucalyptus gives the air a cooling feel. When applied topically, it instantly refreshes and provides a cooling sensation. This Cool Breeze blend doesn’t just make your space smell fresh, but also gives it a clean vibe, as if it has just been cleaned.
Ingredients for Cool Breeze Essential Oil Blend:
How to use: Either add 2-3 drops of this blend to your diffuser or apply it on your pulse points after diluting with a carrier oil for a fresh experience. You can dilute the blend, pour it into a roller bottle, and keep it handy for those lazy summer moments when you need a quick pick-me-up.
3. Tropical Calm Summer Blend
If you are one of those people, who refuse to leave their house on scorching summer days, this tropical calm blend will be a heaven for you. This blend has the perfect balance of citrus, floral and sweet, which makes it one of the best summer essential oil blends. This blend can be added to a diffuser in the early morning for a calm journaling or meditation session, or diffused just an hour before you go to sleep for a relaxing ambiance. The citrus will provide a refreshing spark, while the floral notes will lull you into sleep so deeply, you might just forget it's summer at all. Among all summer essential oil blends, this one feels like a beach vacation in a bottle.
Ingredients:
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3 drops Ylang Ylang
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2 drops Bergamot
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2 drops Lavender
How to use: Either add 2–3 drops of this blend to your diffuser or make a natural DIY room spray with it to refresh your ambiance whenever you want.
4. Summer Skin Nourishing Blend
Skincare isn't just a winter thing. In summer, your skin faces challenges like sunburn, irritation, and dullness, so it’s just as important to care for it during the warmer months. You don’t need a lot of products to care for your skin in summer. The right summer essential oil blend will make the skincare process so easy. For this blend, you just need to mix calming and skin nourishing essential oils like chamomile, lavender and frankincense with aloe vera gel.
Ingredients:
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2 drops Chamomile
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2 drops Lavender
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1 drop Frankincense
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Aloe vera gel
How to use: You can mix all these ingredients together and keep them in an air tight container and use it as a moisturizer in your night time skin care routine.
5. Clean Air Summer Diffuser Blend
In summer, heat and humidity tend to trap odors indoors, leaving the air smelling a little stale or strange. In such conditions our first solution is to go for an air freshener spray. Air freshening sprays are loaded with synthetic fragrant components that are not good for you. It is important to go for natural alternatives all year around because they are a better option.
With essential oils, you can make your home smell clean and fresh naturally, while enjoying the calming scents they bring. This particular summer essential oil blend will make your home smell so clean as if you have just got it cleaned professionally. This blend doesn't just mask summer odors, it eliminates them completely.
Ingredients:
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3 drops Lemon
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2 drops Rosemary
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2 drops Tea Tree
How to use: Either add 2–3 drops of this blend to your diffuser or make a natural DIY room spray with it to refresh your ambiance whenever you want. You can use this blend at the place of naphthalene balls, by soaking a cotton ball in it. It can be placed in your wardrobe or shoes to keep them smelling clean.
6. Sweet Sleep Summer Blend
Summer nights are hot, restless, and filled with buzzing thoughts but this Sweet Sleep Summer Blend can tackle all of that for you. The floral and sweet lavender is good for setting an ambiance for a peaceful sleep. The vetiver makes the blend smell so natural and green, it feels like you're falling asleep in the middle of a forest. Roman chamomile oil is known for its peace inducing nature, which makes it the perfect ingredients for summer essential oil blends.
Ingredients:
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2 drops Lavender
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2 drops Vetiver
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2 drops Roman Chamomile
How to use: This summer essential oil blend can be added to your diffuser before hitting the bed. You can also use this blend as a massage oil after diluting with a lightweight carrier oil. This combination is perfect for making a DIY base for a room freshener.
7. DIY Summer Creative Spray Blend
It is very normal to hit a creative block in the heat of summer. You just get tired of trying to keep yourself hydrated and functioning. It becomes next to impossible to feel creative or sustain productivity in scorching heat. Our summer creative oil blend can solve this problem for you. You just have to add a few drops of it to your diffuser when you are trying to invoke your creativity. Whether it is a writing routine or just a daily study routine, this blend that smells exactly like summer will put you in a creative zone, every time.
Ingredients:
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4 drops Lime
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2 drops Mint
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2 drops Orange
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Distilled water + witch hazel (in a spray bottle)
How to use: Add this summer essential oil blend to your diffuser for a fragrance that invokes your creative side. You can also make a room spray with this by just mixing the essential oil blend with some distilled water and witch hazel.
How to Use Summer Essential Oil Blends Safely
Essential oils are generally considered safe for topical application, but we still suggest you to follow these additional tips to ensure that you are using your summer essential oils in right manner:
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Don’t forget to dilute essential oils before applying to skin or inhaling them.
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Do a patch test before widespread application.
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Avoid sun exposure after using citrus oils on skin.
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Store your blends in amber bottles away from sunlight.
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Make a fresh batch every week to keep the aromas strong and consistent.
Final Thoughts
A lot of good things, such as vacations, picnics, ice creams, beaches, and flowy dresses, are what make summer worth living. Summer can be harsh if proper care is not taken, and we would never wish for you to undergo summer difficulties. We don’t want you to battle against summer. We at SIVA want you to embrace summer with open hands and make it more enjoyable and memorable.
With the right summer essential oil blends, you can create small moments of comfort that make a big difference, whether it’s diffusing citrus oils to start your day with energy or rolling on a cooling blend during an afternoon slump. These blends don’t just make your space smell good; they help you feel more in tune with yourself and your environment.
If you’re looking for natural, ready-to-use essential oils that can actually hold up in this heat, we’d love to be part of your summer rituals. The blends shared above are made using SIVA oils that are already trusted by many who believe in simple and natural living. You're welcome to try them out, tweak them, and make them your own. Because when summer gets a little too difficult, it’s these small things that can come to rescue.