Adding fragrance to Coconut oil?

[ttubabe]

Hello everyone! I of course use coconut oil for my hair treatments but I also use it as a moisturizer or lotion . My skin is sooo soft and the oil absorbs really quickly in my dry skin but I wonder if I could add some fragrance? On the skin the oil has no scent really and I do not want anything extreme but I do like a little fragrance. If I mixed in some essential oil into coconut oil that I use as a moisturizer do any of you think it'll ruin the good properties the coconut oil has? Any nice scented essential oil recommendations?!

[HintOfMint]

Use a perfume oil. I have a few bottles from the body shop and I mix them with my coconut oil and olive oil. I don't mix them all at once in a container. (I don't want to get the ratios wrong and make it too strong and waste oil) I put a dab of perfume oil in my palm and then mix whatever amount of olive or coconut oil I was planning to use for that application in my palm, rub my hands together and apply. I love it.

An essential oil may not be a good idea since, depending on the ratio of the base oil (coconut in your case) to essential oil, the EO might not be diluted enough and might be harmful and cause irritation. From what I've heard, EOs are very concentrated and potent.

ETA: Aveda has perfume oils as well, and a wide selection. I haven't tried them yet, but I'm curious. Also be careful about putting your mixture around the eyes and mouth, for obvious reasons.

[TiaKitty]

I put patchouli oil into my coconut. It works great. Just a couple of drops so it will be somewhat subtle. I also put in some orange oil.

[anneisanne]

I put a couple drops of peppermint EO into just about everything, and it seems to work well.

[Johanna]

I've heard that putting a few drops of rose oil in is really nice as well

[pinchbeck]

Of course adding a fragrance is a great idea! You may want to consider if you prefer a naturally based fragrance or synthetic.

[Yozhik]

I've been wanting to do this, too! Actually, I got a bottle of EO bergamot to add to my coconut oil from Prairieland Herbs specifically for this purpose. On the website they sell the EOs as ingredients for making your own lotions/shampoo, so I'm taking their word for it (of course looking up a good ratio would also be a good idea)

[caribou55313]

A cut up vanilla bean gives gorgeous fragrance to coconut oil. You can just leave it in the bottle.

[Hana]

A cut up vanilla bean gives gorgeous fragrance to coconut oil. You can just leave it in the bottle.

sounds yummy.
just like one would do with a vanilla pod in a jar of sugar?

[idlevortex]

Geranium EO with coconut oil smells wonderful for me! Though I've only used it as a perfume. My hair isn't into coconut somehow :/