Tangerine Essential Oil

Bottled Cheerfulness

Tangerine essential oil is pure cheerfulness, cold-pressed from the bright orange peels of Citrus tangerina. Juicier and candy-sweeter than its mandarin cousin, it is the oil to reach for when a room, a blend, or a Tuesday needs an instant lift.

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⚗ Cold-pressed extraction
🌳 Citrus tangerina from Brazil, Argentina
📄 Lab-verified purity (COA)
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More Ways To Brighten

Soap & Candle Studios

Cold-pressed tangerine oil adds a bright citrus top note to melt-and-pour bars, cold-process soap, and container candles without turning dull.

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Diffusing & Home Fragrance

A few drops in the diffuser fill a kitchen or playroom with vivid, juicy citrus that reads cheerful, not heavy or floral.

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Perfume & Blending Bench

Tangerine's candy-bright sparkle plays well against vanilla, cinnamon, and neroli, giving perfumers and formulators an easy citrus top note to test.

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Bulk & Wholesale Orders

Production buyers ordering pounds instead of ounces can move straight to bulk sizes backed by the same published batch testing.

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Tangerine, Scaled To Your Order

Tangerine Essential Oil 0.5 oz Sample Bottle
0.5 oz
$10.18

A small pour for testing the scent against your own recipes before committing to more.

 Tangerine Essential Oil 16 oz Pilot Batch
16 oz
$69.61

Enough oil to run a real test batch of soap, candles, or scrubs before you commit further.

 Tangerine Essential Oil 5 lbs Production Start
5 lbs
$240.70

The first size built for real production runs, with the cost per ounce dropping noticeably at this weight.
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About Tangerine Essential Oil

Tangerine essential oil is cold-pressed from the peels of Citrus tangerina, a mandarin relative that took its name from the port of Tangier and its best-known varieties from American breeders. The peels are pressed fresh at harvest, capturing the fruit at its juiciest.

Its aroma is vivid, sweet, and candy-bright, like peeling the fruit courtside on a summer day, with slightly more sparkle and less floral softness than mandarin. It plays joyfully with vanilla, cinnamon, neroli, and every fellow citrus in the rack.

Tangerine keeps kitchens and playrooms smelling happy from the diffuser, sweetens homemade sugar scrubs and lip balm blends at sensible dilutions, and brightens seasonal spice blends the way an orange slice brightens punch. Pressed citrus fades with time, so use it while it sparkles.

Peel To Pressed Sunshine

Harvest

Fresh tangerines are picked at peak ripeness in Brazil and Argentina before their peel oil starts to fade.

Peeling

Peels are separated from the fruit right away, since the aromatic oil sits in the rind, not the pulp.

Cold Press

The fresh peels are mechanically pressed, not heated, releasing the oil without ever raising its temperature.

Lab Testing

Each pressed batch is tested and the resulting certificate of analysis is published on this site.

Bottling

The oil is filtered and bottled promptly, then stored away from heat and light to protect its brightness.

See What's Behind The Zest

Tangerine oil is simple enough to check: it's a single cold-pressed extract from one citrus peel, not a blend of isolates, so its aroma and composition are easy to compare batch to batch.

The current batch's certificate of analysis is published on this site, so before you order you can see for yourself what was tested and confirm the oil in your bottle matches what we claim.

View the current COA (PDF)

Tangerine Oil vs. Synthetic Citrus Fragrance

Cold-Pressed Tangerine OilSynthetic Fragrance Oil
SourceFresh tangerine peels, cold-pressedLab-blended synthetic aroma chemicals
AromaVivid, juicy citrus with natural variationUniform citrus scent, often one-note
CompositionNaturally occurring peel compounds onlyManufactured esters and isolates, no fruit
DocumentationPublished certificate of analysis per batchRarely tested or disclosed to buyers
Best forCosmetic, aromatic, and craft projectsCheap mass-market scenting only

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Two Origins, One Cheerful Oil

1 species

Every bottle comes from one citrus, Citrus tangerina, not a blend

2 origins

Fruit is sourced from groves in Brazil and Argentina

Peels

Only the fresh peel is pressed, where nearly all the aroma lives

Cold-pressed

Extracted by mechanical pressing alone, with no heat or solvents

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Recipes To Try This Week

From diffuser blends to a signature vanilla-cedar mix, these projects put tangerine's bright sparkle to work at home.

12 Tangerine Diffuser Blends: Sunshine Recipes for Every Room

12 Tangerine Diffuser Blends: Sunshine Recipes for Every Room

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DIY Tangerine Body Oil: A Sunny After-Shower Moisture Blend

DIY Tangerine Body Oil: A Sunny After-Shower Moisture Blend

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DIY Tangerine Lip Oil: A Glossy Citrus Gloss You Can Make at Home

DIY Tangerine Lip Oil: A Glossy Citrus Gloss You Can Make at Home

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The Sunrise Blend: Our Signature Tangerine, Vanilla, and Cedar Mix

The Sunrise Blend: Our Signature Tangerine, Vanilla, and Cedar Mix

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Ordering Tangerine For Bigger Batches

Soap houses, candle studios, and independent perfumers order tangerine oil by the pound once a recipe is set, since sampling in ounces gets expensive fast at production volume. Every bulk size, from 5 lbs up to 400 lbs, ships against the same certificate of analysis published for the 0.5 oz bottle, so ordering more never means knowing less.

Soap Houses

Formulating cold-process or melt-and-pour bars at scale, where a consistent citrus top note needs to hold across every batch.

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Candle Studios

Pouring container candles that need a bright citrus throw strong enough to stand up against wax and wick heat.

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Perfumers & Formulators

Building citrus accords that call for a natural tangerine note instead of a synthetic stand-in.

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Tangerine Essential Oil 5 lbs
5 lbs
$240.70
$48.14 per lb
Save 15% Tangerine Essential Oil 25 lbs
25 lbs
$982.06
$39.28 per lb
Save 18% Tangerine Essential Oil 100 lbs
100 lbs
$2,979.10
$29.79 per lb
Save 21% Tangerine Essential Oil 400 lbs
400 lbs
$10,209.80
$25.52 per lb
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Order Basics

How fast does my order ship? ▾
Orders ship within 1 to 2 business days of checkout, which runs through our secure Shopify store. Bulk sizes of 5 lbs and up occasionally need an extra day or two to package properly, and we will let you know if that applies to your order.
Where does this oil come from and how is it made? ▾
Our tangerine oil is cold-pressed from the fresh peels of Citrus tangerina sourced from groves in Brazil and Argentina. The peels are pressed mechanically, with no heat or solvents, which keeps the oil's vivid, juicy aroma close to fresh-peeled fruit.
How can I verify the oil is pure? ▾
Every batch is lab-tested before it ships, and the current batch's certificate of analysis is published right on this page. See the purity section above for what that document shows and how to read it before you order.
These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. Products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.