Geranium Essential Oil

Pelargonium graveolens var. roseum

Geranium is steam distilled from the leaves of Pelargonium graveolens var roseum. Our batches have come from India, Madagascar, and South Africa, all certified organic or organically grown.

The chemistry leans heavily on monoterpenols, which average around 44% across our batches. Citronellol leads the way (typically 21-33% in our batches), with geraniol usually 9-16%. Monoterpenols are the family known for being skin-supportive and gentle, well tolerated even by sensitive skin, and for helping the nervous system settle back toward balance. There are esters here too, close to 23% on average, including citronellyl formate at roughly 8-13%. Geranium is also a favorite in natural insect repellent blends.

Every batch we bring in is independently GC-MS tested, and the full report for each one lives right here on this page.

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Batch History & Chemistry

Batch	Distilled	Origin
GRN-124	04/15/2026	India
GRN-123	05/22/2025	India
GRN-122	05/01/2023	Madagascar
GRN-121	11/15/2020	Madagascar
GRN-120	09/15/2020	Madagascar

Batch GRN-124

Print Report Original GC-MS Report Certificate of Analysis

Distillation date: 04/15/2026
Extraction: Steam Distilled
Cultivation: Organically Grown
Country of origin: India

Top 5 components

of 113 measured

ComponentFamily%

citronellolMonoterpenol30.78%

geraniolMonoterpenol17.12%

citronellyl formateEster8.08%

linaloolMonoterpenol4.37%

geranyl formateEster3.74%

Batch GRN-124 comes from organically grown Pelargonium graveolens var. roseum in India, steam distilled from the fresh leafy material in April 2026. The aroma is classic rose geranium: soft, green, faintly minty at the edges, with a sweet floral center that lingers. This exact batch was independently GC-MS tested, and the full report and certificate of analysis are available to download here so you can see the chemistry behind what you are using.

Chemistry highlights

GC-MS analysis of this batch identified 113 components. Citronellol leads at 30.78 percent, followed by geraniol at 17.12 percent and citronellyl formate at 8.08 percent. Monoterpenols make up 53.14 percent of the profile, a family associated with gentle, skin-friendly character, while esters at 14.9 percent add the calming, balancing quality geranium is known for in blending.

Monoterpenol

citronellol30.78%

geraniol17.12%

linalool4.37%

α-terpineol0.36%

nerol0.28%

neoisomenthol0.11%

isopulegol0.04%

terpinen-4-ol0.03%

borneol0.02%

dihydrocarveol0.02%

3-hexen-1-ol0.01%

Ester

citronellyl formate8.08%

geranyl formate3.74%

geranyl tiglate1.21%

neryl propionate0.82%

geranyl acetate0.59%

citronellyl acetate0.27%

geranyl caproate0.07%

neryl formate0.07%

geranyl caprylate0.02%

phenethyl propionate0.01%

methyl geranate0.01%

methyl 2-methylbutyrate0.01%

Sesquiterpene

α-copaene1.02%

β-caryophyllene0.98%

δ-cadinene0.88%

β-bourbonene0.80%

germacrene D0.71%

α-muurolene0.32%

α-caryophyllene0.27%

9-epi-caryophyllene0.25%

6,9-guaiadiene0.23%

(E,E)-α-farnesene0.20%

allo-aromadendrene0.18%

α-cubebene0.17%

(Z)-cadina-1(6),4-diene0.14%

γ-muurolene0.13%

zonarene0.12%

β-selinene0.12%

β-copaene0.10%

δ-elemene0.10%

selina-3,7(11)-diene0.10%

cadina-3,5-diene0.09%

β-chamigrene0.09%

(E)-cadina-1,4-diene0.08%

α-gurjunene0.07%

α-amorphene0.05%

Ketone

isomenthone3.44%

menthone2.17%

piperitone0.06%

6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one0.03%

β-thujone0.01%

Sesquiterpenol

10-epi-γ-eudesmol3.11%

(Z)-nerolidol1.27%

hinesol0.19%

spathulenol0.14%

epi-cubenol0.11%

1,10-epi-cubenol0.11%

epi-cubebol0.08%

γ-eudesmol0.08%

globulol0.08%

maaliol0.03%

juniper camphor0.01%

pogostol0.01%

Other

UK BP: 810.86%

UK BP: 1040.70%

phenylethyl alcohol0.63%

Citronellyl oxyacetaldehyde0.52%

neryl isovalerate0.29%

α-agarofuran0.18%

ylangene<β->0.13%

Citronellyl tiglate<E->0.11%

β-dihydroagarofuran0.10%

dihydrocitronellol0.07%

Bourbonanone<1-…nor->0.06%

2-phenylethyl formate0.05%

Eudesmol<5-epi-7-epi-α->0.04%

6-methyl-3,5-heptadien-2-one0.04%

3-methylpentanol0.03%

neo-menthyl acetate0.03%

Butanediol<2,3->0.02%

trans-dehydroxy linalool oxide0.02%

Dihydro carveol<neoiso->0.02%

Citronellol isobutanoate0.02%

1-tetradecene0.01%

Mustakone0.01%

Undecyne<1->0.01%

octane0.01%

Oxide

(Z)-rose oxide1.65%

(E)-rose oxide0.43%

caryophyllene oxide0.20%

linalool (Z)-oxide0.16%

(E)-linalool oxide0.08%

humulene epoxide 20.03%

1,8-cineole0.01%

Monoterpene

limonene (d)1.10%

α-pinene0.72%

β-myrcene0.08%

(E)-β-ocimene0.08%

p-cymene0.08%

α-phellandrene0.05%

camphene0.04%

α-thujene0.02%

γ-terpinene0.02%

terpinolene0.02%

β-pinene0.01%

δ-2-carene0.01%

β-phellandrene0.01%

Aldehyde

citronellal0.62%

geranial0.52%

decanal0.45%

neral0.35%

Ether

estragole (methyl chavicol)0.07%

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