Chamomile Essential Oil

Gentle Botanical Calm

Chamomile essential oil captures the gentle, apple-sweet character of Matricaria chamomilla blossoms. Prized for centuries in botanical tradition, it brings a soft, soothing note to diffuser blends, skincare rituals, and quiet evenings.

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⚗ Small-batch distillation
🌳 Matricaria chamomilla from Bulgaria
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Built For Your Craft

Facial & Skincare Oils

Dilute a few drops into a carrier oil for a calming nightly facial blend or balm.

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Cold Process Soap

Blend chamomile into soap batters for a soft, apple-like scent that stays gentle on skin.

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Candles & Diffusing

Scent candles, diffuser blends, and linen sprays with chamomile's sweet, apple-like warmth for a calm evening space.

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Bulk & Wholesale

Order 5, 25, or 400 lb sizes for soap houses, candle studios, and formulators buying by the pound.

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Chamomile Essential Oil 0.5 oz Evaluation Bottle
0.5 oz
$29.38

Test chamomile's sweet, apple-like aroma in a diffuser blend or facial oil before buying more.

 Chamomile Essential Oil 16 oz Test Batch Size
16 oz
$784.79

Run a real pilot batch in soap, candles, or blends to confirm it performs at scale.

 Chamomile Essential Oil 5 lbs First Production Size
5 lbs
$3380.49

Move into production with a lower per-ounce cost once your formulation is locked in.
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About Chamomile Essential Oil

Chamomile essential oil is distilled from the daisy-like blossoms of Matricaria chamomilla, also known as German chamomile. During distillation the oil develops a distinctive deep blue hue from naturally occurring chamazulene — a hallmark of true chamomile oil.

The aroma is sweet, herbaceous, and gently fruity, often compared to fresh apples and hay. It is softer and rounder than most floral oils, making it a favorite in gentle, comforting blends.

People add chamomile oil to evening diffuser blends, dilute it into facial oils and balms for a soothing skincare ritual, blend it with lavender for bedtime aromas, and use it to lend a calming note to bath salts and massage oils.

Chamomile's Path to the Bottle

Harvest

Chamomile blossoms are hand-harvested at peak bloom in Bulgaria, timed for the highest oil content in the flower heads.

Sorting

The harvested blossoms are cleaned and sorted, removing stems and debris before they reach the still.

Distillation

The sorted blossoms are steam distilled, drawing out the oil that turns naturally blue with chamazulene as it condenses.

Lab Testing

Each finished batch is lab tested to confirm the oil is genuine chamomile before it ever reaches a bottle.

Bottling

The tested oil is bottled and stored away from heat and light to protect its sweet, apple-like aroma.

What The Blue Hue Confirms

Chamomile oil is easy to misrepresent because true Matricaria chamomilla oil is costly to distill, and cheaper blends or synthetic dupes are common in the market. Genuine oil is a single-species distillate, not a fragrance blend stretched with carriers or synthetic aroma chemicals.

The current batch's certificate of analysis is published on this site, so you can check what you are buying before it ships. The purity section below lists what the report covers, letting you compare it against the bottle in your cart.

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Chamomile Oil vs. Synthetic Fragrance Oil

True Chamomile OilSynthetic Fragrance Oil
SourceDistilled from real Matricaria chamomilla blossomsManufactured from synthetic aroma chemicals
AromaSweet, apple-like, softened by its natural blue hueFlat, one-note approximation of chamomile
CompositionA single-species botanical distillate, nothing addedA blended mix of lab-made compounds
DocumentationEach batch has a published certificate of analysisTypically sold with no batch testing
Best forMakers who want a genuine botanical ingredientBuyers who only need scent at low cost

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Behind Every Blue-Gold Bottle

1 species

Every bottle traces back to a single chamomile species, Matricaria chamomilla

Bulgaria

Our chamomile blossoms are sourced from this single origin region

Blossom

The plant part distilled for oil, not leaves or stems

Distilled

The method used to draw oil from the flower heads

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Recipes Straight From The Bottle

These maker-tested projects show how chamomile's gentle, apple-like aroma performs once it leaves the bottle.

DIY Chamomile Facial Oil: A Gentle Nightly Skincare Blend

DIY Chamomile Facial Oil: A Gentle Nightly Skincare Blend

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The Chamomile Meadow Linen Spray: A Signature Blend Recipe

The Chamomile Meadow Linen Spray: A Signature Blend Recipe

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A Soapmaker's Batch Notes: Chamomile Oil in Cold Process Soap

A Soapmaker's Batch Notes: Chamomile Oil in Cold Process Soap

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Lavender and Chamomile Essential Oil: A Classic Evening Pairing

Lavender and Chamomile Essential Oil: A Classic Evening Pairing

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Supplying Chamomile at Production Scale

Soap houses folding chamomile into cold process bars, candle and home fragrance studios building seasonal blends, and independent perfumers and formulators testing new accords all buy this oil by the pound once a small bottle has proven the aroma works. Every bulk size ships under the same published batch documentation as our smallest bottle, so scaling up never means scaling back on what you can verify.

Soap Houses

Cold process soapmakers add chamomile for its soft, apple-like note in gentle, everyday bar formulations.

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Candle & Fragrance Studios

Candle and diffuser blend makers rely on consistent aroma from batch to batch when scaling a seasonal line.

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Perfumers & Formulators

Independent perfumers and product formulators test chamomile as a soft supporting note before committing to a full run.

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Chamomile Essential Oil 5 lbs
5 lbs
$3,380.49
$676.10 per lb
Save 28% Chamomile Essential Oil 25 lbs
25 lbs
$14,532.74
$581.31 per lb
Save 32% Chamomile Essential Oil 400 lbs
400 lbs
$157,331.43
$393.33 per lb
Save 36%
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Buyer Basics

How fast will my order ship? ▾
Most orders ship within 1 to 2 business days. Bulk sizes of 5 lbs and up sometimes need a little extra handling time before they leave our facility. Checkout runs through our secure Shopify store, so your payment and shipping details stay protected the whole way through.
Where does this chamomile oil come from? ▾
This oil is distilled from Matricaria chamomilla, also called German chamomile, grown in Bulgaria. The blossoms are steam distilled into a single-species oil, with no other plants or synthetic additives blended in.
How can I check that my bottle is pure? ▾
Every batch we sell is lab tested before it ships, and the certificate of analysis for the current batch is published on this site. See the purity section above on this page for what that testing covers.
These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. Products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.