Dilution Guidelines
Basic Guidelines for Diluting Essential Oils
Basic Guidelines for using Essential Oils.
The Guidelines below are a general ratio of the amount of essential oils to use per the amount of carrier oils for specific purposes.
Dilution Ratio
- ½% dilution for cats
- 1% dilution for children, pets and elderly
- 2% dilution for whole body massage
- 4% dilution for concentrated ailments
| Examples | Volume | 1% dilution | 2% dilution | 3% dilution |
| Room spray | 2 ounce bottle | 10 drops | 20 drops | 40 drops |
| Massage | 1 ounce bottle | 5 drops | 10 drops | 20 drops |
| Face mist | .5 ounce bottle | 3 drops | 6 drops | 12 drops |
Essential Oil Dilution Chart according to Bottle Size/Carrier Oil used
| Carrier | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 20% | 50% |
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| drops | # drops | # drops | # drops | # drops | # drops |
| 5ml | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 50 |
| 10ml | 2 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 100 |
| 30ml | 6 | 12 | 30 | 60 | 120 | 300 |
| 50ml | 10 | 20 | 50 | 100 | 200 | 500 |
| 100ml | 20 | 40 | 100 | 200 | 400 | 1000 |
Please note that anything more than 2% dilution should only be done by a trained Aromatherapist as they must be able to monitor their client carefully.
An Example
If you have a 5ml bottle of Jojoba Oil, you can 1 drop of Lavendar essential oil to it to make a great smelling and effective massage blend. This would be considered a 1% dilution ratio. If you added two drops of essential oil to the blend, it would then be a 2% dilution, etc.
