As the winter weather gives way to warmer weather and longer days, it’s time to infuse the indoor air with fresh energy and refreshing aromas. Diffusing refreshing essential oils for spring is a great way to bring those fresh aromas into the home.

The best essential oils for spring are those that have light, refreshing aromas. Think citrus and fresh flowers with a hint of mint and eucalyptus.

Refreshing Essential Oils For Spring

Most essential oils in this list belong to the floral and citrus aroma families, with a few belonging to earthy or camphoraceous aroma families.

Lavender

With its light and fresh fragrance, lavender is one of the best floral essential oils for spring. A few drops of lavender essential oil in your diffuser will fill your home with that distinctive floral aroma. 

In addition to smelling great, lavender essential oil also offers a wealth of health benefits. It helps you de-stress and promotes relaxation and sleep. It also helps soothe headaches and ease pain. 

If you want to buy just one refreshing essential oil to use around your home in spring, make it lavender.

When it comes to using lavender, you’re not limited to using only the essential oil in spring. Check out these 40 ideas for using dried lavender flowers to refresh your home during this season.

Lemon

Lemon essential oil has a fresh citrusy scent that’s instantly uplifting and refreshing.  Its strong scent will energize you and eliminate all feelings of sluggishness.

Diffuse lemon oil to improve mood, eliminate fatigue and respiratory issues, and go through the day with a spring in your step.

Lemon is also the best essential oil to use in your DIY home cleaning products during this season. It will fill your home with a fresh, clean scent that’s reminiscent of spring.

50 Amazing ways to use lemon essential oil

Grapefruit

Grapefruit essential oil has a bright, fresh, happiness-inducing, turn-that-frown-upside-down aroma. In addition to boosting your mood, diffusing this citrusy oil also helps get rid of musty winter odors from the home and replaces them with fresh, positive energy.

Grapefruit is also one of the best essential oils for weight loss. With summer just around the corner, this oil is what you need to boost your weight-loss efforts and get ready for the upcoming bikini season.

Tea Tree 

If you have never tried tea tree essential oil, you’re in for a real treat. Its fresh scent makes it great for use in the spring. It can also help reduce allergies that tend to run rampant during spring.

Its powerful disinfectant use makes it great for use when making non-toxic home cleaning products.

Eucalyptus 

Eucalyptus essential oil is a must-have if you suffer from seasonal allergies. Its crisp, fresh, and cooling aroma eases congestion and helps open up the nasal passages, making breathing easier.

Eucalyptus essential oil is especially helpful if your allergy symptoms cause sinus congestion, upper respiratory discomfort, or allergy-related headaches.

Read: 27 ways to use eucalyptus essential oil for health and home

Cedarwood

This is one of the lighter scents from the woody aroma family. Cedarwood essential oil has a fresh aroma that will evoke memories of the outdoors – think picnics and spring walks in the woods.

If you love spending time outdoors in spring, you’ll love the scent of cedarwood essential oil.

Read: Essential oils for seasonal allergies & how to use them

How to Use Refreshing Essential Oils this Spring

Spring is the perfect time to adopt a more natural, non-toxic lifestyle. Using essential oils is just one way to do this.

Here are a few ideas to get you started.

Use an Essential Oil Diffuser

Using an essential oil diffuser is the easiest and quickest way to get the benefits of refreshing essential oils in spring. How to use an essential oil diffuser

When diffusing essential oils in a large room, use one of these diffusers for large rooms to get the full effect of your chosen oil. For smaller spaces, one of these top-rated diffusers under $25 will work just as well.

Mix & Match To Create Refreshing Spring Diffuser Blends

Experiment by combining a few drops of different oils in your diffuser. You’ll be amazed at how many different blends you can create with a few of the basic refreshing essential oils.

Here are some easy recipes for Spring Diffuser Blends to help you get started.  These Easter Diffuser Blends are also perfect for diffusing during spring.

If you like the smell of fresh meadows in full bloom in spring, you’ll love this Spring Meadow Diffuser Blend. 

You can use these spring essential oil blends in the same way as individual oils.

Make Scented Candles and Bath & Body Care Products

You can also make your own DIY home, skincare, or beauty products for the spring. Remember you must add carrier oil when using essential oils topically.

You can make soaps, candles, bath bombs, and reed diffusers using spring essential oils. These are perfect to use during the season.

Make Beeswax Candles With Spring Essential Oils

DIY Reed Diffuser With Spring Essential Oils

Make Your Own Sugar Scrubs With Refreshing Scents

Use Essential Oils around the house for cleaning

Use essential oils for spring cleaning. Some essential oils have antibacterial properties that make them perfect for cleaning counters, sinks, and other surfaces.

In addition to leaving surfaces clean and germ-free, essential oils will also add a lovely refreshing aroma to the space.

Get lots more ideas here: 25 ways to use spring essential oils without a diffuser. 

Where to Buy Refreshing Essential Oils for Spring

If you want to buy just one or two refreshing essential oils, you can buy them individually either from Amazon.com or directly from Plant Therapy.

If you plan on using essential oils more often or want to experiment with making different spring diffuser blends, you’ll save a lot by buying a set of essential oils. You can find several such sets by different brands. Most sets contain a selection of commonly used essential oils.  Then if you find you need an oil that’s not included in the set, you can buy that oil individually. It’s still cheaper than buying all oils individually. To start, check out this list of the Best Essential Oil Sets That Offer Great Value For Money.

This set by Plant Therapy includes the Top 14 Most Commonly Used Essential Oils and costs far less than what you would pay to buy the oils individually. As you can see, the set contains several refreshing oils that you can use individually or combine to make blends and other products to use in Spring. All the oils are 100% pure and undiluted so you know you are getting the highest quality possible.

Disclaimer: This information is not intended to serve as medical advice. Please consult your doctor before using any natural medication or if you experience any unusual symptoms. See Full Disclaimer here.