Freshskin Beauty LTD | Citronella Essential Oil - 100ml - 100% Pure & Natural Essential Oils

My delivery arrived well packaged and intact and on breaking the bottle's seal, the citronella oil smelled just like any of the other and often more expensive preparations I've used. I've used it directly on my skin (diluted as directed) and escaped the usual inevitable feasting by mosquitoes and other flying, biting insects on hot, humid summer days. Today, instead of wearing it on my skin, I daubed spots onto my clothing and headed to our woodland stream which always attracts masses of mozzies swarming just above the surface which generally make a bee-line for me. Instead, I am delighted to report my first ever trip without feeling those tell-tale nips on my face. Instead, unlike previous visits, they seemed to keep a good distance from me. I also use this with my rabbits in their 40' open-ended garden enclosure in preference to more toxic fly killer products. Having a south-facing garden backing onto a river, the rabbits attract a lot of flies which even two industrial zapper units cannot fully control. As an additional fly control measure, I added a few drops of this citronella oil onto damp rags suspended from the roof and within 20-30 minutes there was a noticeable drop in the number of flies. Bluebottles didn't seem too repelled by the citronella but the mozzies and other nippers seemed to have headed off. So - on my skin, on my clothing and in the garden, this citronella oil appears to work very effectively (and safely). It offers very good value for money and I'll be ordering more when I've depleted this bottle - but even with relatively heavy usage, I'm expecting it to last about a year. Excellent value! Update June 2014: I've used the Citronella oil since last June, through the autumn, occasionally through the mild winter then daily through the spring. There's now about 20% left in the bottle so it's time to order more to deter flies in the current heatwave. It really is very effective so don't hesitate to buy some!

Use in summer

Bought it to help ward off flies and because it has a pleasant scent. Not great at the former but still happy to use it and unlike citronella candles you have control of how strong the scent is. It also goes a long way.

That's some powerful citronella right there... I bought this from Freshskin in particular as I have used them for years for oils and base oils and they have always been excellent. I got the citronella in a big bottle because someone has moved in nearby with cats that are coming in my garden to murder all the birds that I have spent 11 years encouraging and improving the declining sparrow population.. Cats and dogs hate citronella, it also smells really fresh so is good for putting some in the drains! I soak sticks in the oil and put them about in the garden to scare cats, I also have a catwatch ultrasound deterrent so hopefully between these I should be able to protect my wildlife garden from an invasion of serial killing pets. They can eat their kit e kat if they are hungry, and not endangered house sparrows! This is a great, strong and fresh oil which was a great price for 100ml of pure essential oil. Highly recommended

Quality seems alright, product smells as expected. The only issue is no expiration date on the box or bottle. This can be bad because I don't know how long this has been sitting on the shelf waiting to be sold. Essential oils can and will lose their strength over time, which will reduce potency. So it's very strange why manufacturers have not included the date. I did reach out to the seller/manufacturer about this, who told me it's not required and that once the product is opened, it should be used within a year.

Bought to help reduce the number of love notes local cats have been leaving in my garden. After trying a few other methods such as sprays and frequency sensors which failed to get the moggies attention I read that apparently they give this scent a wide berth (I can understand why, I certainly wouldn't want it in my bath as per one recommendation, yikes the smell can make you nauseous). Well so far so good, a small dose of this in some water and sprayed around the garden bushes, previous drop spots and flower beds and so far I've had 4-5 days of a moggy free zone. Side note - Homebase also do a citronella gel based scent (which actually smells nice to me) for your garden at a reasonable £1.63 a bottle. Combined with a few drops of this seems to do the trick as well!

I purchased this for my holiday to Jamaica. The bottle is a great size and the oil itself is of good quality. Be very careful once you have opened it though, because Citronella is one of those oils which are very strong - just a few drops and the smell explodes. This is all you will need when you are on holiday to prevent mosquitos from biting you. Just add a few drops to a small spray bottle and add water. apply to your skin and on your clothes every so often throughout the day. Make sure you cover every inch of skin though and you'll be good to go. Once you have Citronella or lemongrass oil the bugs will steer clear of you as they just can't bare the smell. Don't bother buying all of those expensive sprays and creams - Citronella is natural and works a treat.

Recently found this brand from a reddit post and thought I'll give it a go. This is from a small business, and had great reviews online on the strong scent and quality. It's that time of year where I need to apply citronella oil around the windows in the home to deterrer bugs. It has a strong scent with very little product. The scent lasted ages and I will be buying more from the company.