Ever feel refreshed and comfortable instantly when stepping into a room filled with the aroma of essential oil? More than just pleasant fragrances, essential oils bring magical effects to health, helping calm your mind, boost your mood, reduce anxiety and stress, and more.

Focusing not only on expert treatments but also on a truly serene hideaway, Orient Spa Hanoi meticulously selects the finest essential oils, ensuring a truly comfortable experience from the moment you step through our doors. Over the years of using essential oils and listening to our customers' positive feedback, we desire to recommend to you the top mildest and most pleasurable essential oils that you could definitely try at home.

Lavender - Boost relaxation, relieve stress, improve sleep

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Boosting calmness and relaxation is one of the common uses of lavender essential oil (Photo: Nature Sense)

Lavender is a favorite essential oil for most scent lovers and is widely used thanks to its gentle floral scent mixed with a fresh herbal scent. Extracted by distillation of lavender branches and stems, lavender essential oil can be seen in many wellness centers as well as daily care products such as soaps, shower gels, shampoos, perfumes, etc. Lavender brings relaxation and many benefits for health and beauty.

• Promote calmness and relaxation, release stress or depression, help treat anxiety disorders.

• Reduce inflammation thanks to natural anti-inflammatory compounds like linalool and linalyl acetate.

• Stop the growth of acne-causing bacteria.

• Soothe skin redness and irritation, reduce itching from insect bites.

Eucalyptus - Support treatment of flu, runny nose, cough

Eucalyptus essential oil reduces discomfort caused by colds, flu, stuffy nose (Photo: Vinmec)

Eucalyptus essential oil is an indispensable choice for health care, especially during cold days. Made from eucalyptus leaves, the oil is rich in Cineole - a compound with high antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and respiratory clearing characteristics. Eucalyptus has a fresh, strong, and slightly pungent scent but quickly creates a refreshing feeling. In addition to being used in essential oil diffusers, eucalyptus oil is popular in medicated oil, massage balm, throat spray, and cough drops.

• Support respiratory: Thin phlegm, clear the airways and reduce discomfort when suffering from colds, flu, stuffy nose, sinusitis, bronchitis or cough.

• Relax tense muscles, relieve muscle and joint pain, support treatment of inflamed and aching joints.

• Repel mosquitoes and other insects, remove bacteria and viruses in the air, clean the living environment.

• Clean the scalp, reduce dandruff, stimulate blood circulation to the scalp when mixed with shampoo or conditioner.

Rosemary - Boost energy, alertness, focus​

Rosemary scent is the best for concentration and memory (Photo: hellobacsi)

Rosemary is a familiar plant, known as a popular spice in food processing. In addition, its leaves and flowers also produce a special essential oil that is highly beneficial in traditional medicine. Rosemary essential oil helps stimulate the mind and brain, and has a special effect on the nervous system, hair, and muscles.

• Reduce anxiety, fatigue, improve mood, stimulate brain activity, increase concentration and memory.

• Slow down brain cells' aging process, improve Alzheimer's disease.

• Promote blood circulation and nourish hair follicles when applying directly to the scalp, stimulate fast-growing and thick hair.

• Reduce discomfort of sore, tense muscles or inflamed joints.

Tea Tree - Antibacterial & antifungal

Tea tree is best for skin care (Photo: hello bacsi)

Steam distilled from tea tree leaves, tea tree essential oil is transparent and has a herbaceous, fresh, and fairly strong fragrance. Although not as gentle and seductive as some other oils, tea trees bring a feeling of high cleanliness and safety in eliminating bacteria and mold. With strong antiviral, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory features, tea tree essential oil becomes an ideal choice for cleaning, especially for the skin.

• Clean and disinfect the air, remove excess moisture, prevent bacteria and fungi from growing in the living space, thereby strengthening the immune system and preventing diseases.

• Fight scalp fungus, especially with dry and dandruff scalp, promote healthy and thicker hair.

• Improve breathing, reduce sore throat, prevent the spread of bacteria when essential oils are diffused or applied topically.

• Remove excess oils on skin, help fight bacteria, support the treatment of inflammatory acne, restore healthy skin recovery.

Orange - Disinfect and deodorize living space

Your living space will be refreshed with sweet scent of Citrus essential oil (Photo: AVAKids)

The orange essential oil is made by using the cold pressing method to squeeze the oil out of sweet orange (Citrus Sinensis) peels. It is one of the most popular oils thanks to its affordable price and great effects in daily life, especially for health and living spaces.

Although its cleansing and antibacterial characteristics are not as strong as tea tree, eucalyptus, or lemongrass, the sweet scent of Citrus Sinensis brings a refreshing space, joyfulness, and positive energy. You can see Citrus essential oil in personal care products and household cleaning products like dishwashing liquid, floor cleaner, deodorizing spray, etc.

• Purify the air, remove musty and food odors, bring a fresh scent to the house.

• Reduce anxiety, improve mood, bring a positive, optimistic feeling.

Lemongrass - Repel insects, purify air

Lemongrass is the most effective insect repellent (Photo: Vinmec)

With its distinctive scent and excellent insect repellent feature, lemongrass essential oil is used in most public areas, from offices, shopping malls, spas & health care centers, to residents' households. The strong scent of lemongrass is the greatest fear of mosquitoes and many types of insects. However, its fresh like grass scent brings a clean, refreshing scent and light coziness to your living space.

• Clean the air, prevent pathogenic microorganisms from growing, deodorize space.

• Repel insects such as mosquitoes, ants, fleas in pets.

• Calm mind, reduce stress and anxiety.

• Reduce symptoms of flu, stuffy nose, cough, headache.

• Increase circulation when massaging with lemongrass essential oils, relax muscles, reduce aches and pains.

• Kill bacteria on the scalp, help strengthen and soften hair

Ylang Ylang - Improve skin and hair health

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Recover your hair and skin health with Ylang Ylang essential oil (Photo: Organica Viet Nam)

Ylang Ylang essential oil is a valuable natural remedy that helps improve skin, hair and balance mood effectively. Its charming and romantic scent is widely used in perfumes, creating a luxurious feeling and an elegant appearance. In addition to its engaging scent, this essential oil brings many benefits when diffused and combined with other products.

• Help blood circulation, reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

• Reduce stress, bring a fresh and positive feeling.

• Regulate sebum, prevent acne and the formation of wrinkles and skin cancer.

• Prevent dandruff and lice, reduce hair breakage and tangles, stimulate shiny and healthy hair.

• Prevent bacteria that cause infections in wounds, burns, and scratches