When it comes to gifts, you can’t go wrong with giving a fragrance. Everyone wants to smell good. However, giving a fragrance you created by hand is the perfect way to show someone how much you appreciate them, especially for wedding party gifts and favors!
One of our favorite gift ideas to make is a DIY roller perfume. Made of just blended essential oils and a bottle, rollerball fragrances are a fun, natural way to smell good and are easy to make in bulk for wedding gifts. They also provide aromatherapy benefits, from instilling positive thoughts to soothing pain and soreness.
We’ll go over how to put together your own essential oil roller bottle and share some of our favorite recipe blends!
How to Make an Essential Oil Roller Bottle
All it takes to craft your own roller fragrance is a few base ingredients that you can mix and match based on your desired scent and effect. The recipe calls for:
- A 10 mL empty roller bottle
- Essential oils of your choice (generally 12-25 drops)
- A carrier oil of your choice (e.g. coconut oil, jojoba oil, or sweet almond oil)
- Droppers (optional)
First, you’ll mix a few drops of your favorite essential oils into the bottle and top it off with the carrier oil to help dilute the concentration. Then, it’s as simple as snapping on the ball, shaking the ingredients, and sprucing it up with a cute label and bow.
To make things easier for you, here are 24 essential oil roller recipes plus free printable labels for you to put together your gifts. Although we designed these for weddings, these recipes and printables can work as any gift! Feel free to use the below links to jump to your desired section!
Bridal Party Gift Recipes
Your bridesmaids have been with you through every step of the way. Show your appreciation with these essential oil roller scents.
Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice Blend
Surprise your ladies with this unique roller blend. Eucalyptus oil smells like a sweet summer fruit, while lemongrass and clove oils give an unexpected sweet-spicy scent. It’s the perfect fragrance for any friend who’s sweet yet sassy.
Ingredients:
- 6 drops eucalyptus
- 3 drops lemongrass
- 3 drops clove
Lovely Lips Blend
Lip balms and lipsticks may be common gifts for bridesmaids, but you can stand out with this natural handmade option! This recipe not only contains pleasing notes of sweet orange and peppermint but also works immediately to soften the lips. For this blend, you’ll want to use coconut as your carrier oil for extra moisturization.
Ingredients:
- 3 drops sweet orange
- 2 drops peppermint
Spa Day Blend
Treat your bridal party to this therapeutic blend of oils. The combination of tangerine and orange helps to invigorate the senses, while patchouli, lavender and blue tansy can help soothe any inflammation. It’s the perfect substitute for a spa day without the price tag!
Ingredients:
- 3 drops tangerine
- 2 drops orange
- 2 drops ylang-ylang
- 2 drops lavender
- 1 drop patchouli
- 1 blue tansy
Fruit Cocktail Blend
Start the party with this irresistibly fruity roller blend. The full-bodied recipe has oils that fill the top, middle and base notes, providing a fun aromatic experience as you and you the ladies sip your favorite drinks. For the carrier oil, we suggest coconut oil or grapeseed oil.
Ingredients:
- 3 drops mandarin
- 3 drops neroli
- 2 drops sweet orange
- 2 drops atlas cedarwood
Pumpkin Spice Blend
A spice-tastic blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, clove bud and ginger will provide the feeling of warming up with a pumpkin spice latte. This recipe is sure to please your bridal party — perfect for fall or winter weddings!
Ingredients:
- 4 drops cinnamon
- 4 drops ginger
- 4 drops nutmeg
- 3 drops clove bud
- 1 drop cardamom
Unicorn Blend
Who doesn’t love unicorns? Treat the rare ladies in your life with this mythical blend, packed with the bright oils of frankincense and orange and the unique forest scents of black spruce, camphor, geranium flowers and violet leaf.
Ingredients:
- 10 drops frankincense
- 10 drops orange
- 2 drops black spruce
- 2 drops camphor
- 2 drops geranium
- 1 drop violet leaf
Citrus Bliss Blend
There’s no greater gift than the gift of happiness. This citrus-packed blend of orange, grapefruit, lemon and bergamot is sure to delight anyone.
Ingredients:
- 3 drops wild orange
- 3 drops grapefruit
- 2 drops lemon
- 2 drops bergamot
Honeymoon Blend
While your bridal party won’t be able to go to your honeymoon, you can give them a taste of vacation with this concentrated elixir. A blend of zesty lime, sweet ylang-ylang, warm jasmine and energizing black pepper evoke a tropical paradise.
Ingredients:
- 4 drops lime
- 2 drops black pepper
- 2 drops ylang-ylang
- 1 drop jasmine
Wedding Shower Gift Recipes
Looking for a unique gift for attendees of your wedding shower? These DIY roller blends are an extra thoughtful gift that will help everyone prepare for the big day.
Keep Calm and Carry On Blend
Lavender is widely known for its calming power. Combined with the earthy scent of vetiver and clary sage, an application of this fragrance will help keep the bridal party calm and grounded as all of you prepare for the wedding.
Ingredients:
- 4 drops lavender
- 2 drops vetiver
- 1 drop clary sage
Breath of Fresh Air Blend
Wedding planning can be stressful, but the bridal party can rest easy with a whiff of this blend, which combines eucalyptus and rosemary oils with the bold and aromatic scent of laurel to take your breath away.
Ingredients:
- 4 drops rosemary
- 3 drops eucalyptus
- 3 drops laurel
Made with Love Blend
This luxurious blend makes a great daily wear fragrance. It unites oils from the soft floral, woody, and fresh scent families on the fragrance wheel to create a harmoniously sweet and delicate yet full-bodied fragrance.
Ingredients:
- 3 drops tangerine
- 3 drops sandalwood
- 2 drops rose
- 2 drops mint
Sweet Dreams Blend
To keep stress at bay, it’s important to get a good night’s sleep. Lavender is a key oil for promoting relaxation and comfort. Combined with juniper berry and chamomile, the blend is perfect for helping the bridal party get as much sleep as possible.
Ingredients:
- 3 drops juniper berry
- 3 drops lavender
- 3 drops Roman chamomile
Immune Boost Blend
Keep your bridal party guests and healthy with this potent fragrance. Eucalyptus, clove, lemon, cinnamon and rosemary all contain antiseptic and anti-viral properties — the perfect ingredients for natural immune support.
Ingredients:
- 3 drops eucalyptus
- 3 drops lemon
- 3 drops clove
- 3 drops cinnamon
- 3 drops rosemary
Focus & Plan Blend
One thing to avoid during weddings is procrastination. Future bridesmaids (and even groomsmen) can use this blend to maintain their focus and stay ahead during the stressful wedding planning process.
Ingredients:
- 10 drops vetiver
- 10 drops cedarwood
- 5 drops lavender
- 1 drop peppermint
Mood Lifting Ginger Blend
Elevate the bridal shower attendee’s mood with this simultaneously sweet and exotic tonic. Frankincense and orange oils invigorate while ginger, known in aromatherapy as the “oil of empowerment”, helps to inspire a feeling of confidence.
Ingredients:
- 3 drops of Frankincense
- 3 drops Orange
- 1 drop Ginger
Nourish the Skin Blend
Pamper your guests with this comforting fragrance. The star ingredients here are lavender, known for its ability to soothe and heal the skin, and frankincense, which can help minimize skin imperfections for that perfect glow!
Ingredients:
- 3 drops frankincense
- 3 drops lavender
- 2 drops sandalwood
- 2 drops helichrysum
- 2 drops myrrh
Wedding Favor Recipes
Looking for a unique wedding favor for guests? Essential oil rollers are both thoughtful and functional gifts. Here are some of our favorite recipes.
Hangover Detox Blend
For open bar weddings and late-night after-parties, this roller blend is the perfect cure. The blend contains peppermint and eucalyptus oils to relieve headaches and ginger oil to quell any morning nausea. Rosemary provides that much-needed energy boost.
Ingredients:
- 2 drops peppermint
- 2 drops eucalyptus
- 2 drops ginger
- 1 drop rosemary
Romance Blend
Your guests are attending your wedding to celebrate and have a good time. This romantic mix of oils will keep everyone’s spirits high and promote a warm atmosphere for everyone to mingle and dance.
Ingredients:
- 3 drops blood orange
- 3 drops cardamom
- 3 drops clary sage
Wedding Night Blend
Another romantic fragrance, this blend takes a more sensual turn. The combination of lavender, lime and copaiba creates a musky fragrance that’s alluring and stimulating – the perfect mood-setter for after the wedding.
Ingredients:
- 5 drops lavender
- 4 drops lime
- 3 drops copaiba
Thank You, Next Blend
Express gratitude to your wedding guests with this lovely concoction of scents. On top of smelling sweet and refreshing, geranium and bergamot oils can also help to enhance moods and increase positivity.
Ingredients:
- 4 drops bergamot
- 3 drops wild orange
- 2 drops geranium
Beautiful Bouquet Blend
Your floral arrangements will be one of the most eye-catching wedding details. Allow guests to take some of that beauty home with this divine blend of floral oils. It’s also the perfect gift for those who missed their hand during the bouquet toss and makes a great wedding scent!
Ingredients:
- 4 drops rose
- 4 drops neroli
- 4 drops sandalwood
- 1 drop jasmine
Summer Lovin’ Blend
Reminiscent of warm summers, this crisp fragrance is sure to be a hit. The combination of lavender and spearmint is reminiscent of a fresh summer breeze. If your wedding is in the summer, this is the gift for you!
Ingredients
- 3 drops grapefruit
- 3 drops lavender
- 2 drops spearmint
- 2 drops lemon
Hearts of Winter Blend
Is the big day held during the winter? This romantic blend captures the spirit of the season with white fir and wintergreen oils yet and provides warmth and zest with wild orange oil.
Ingredients:
- 3 drops white fir
- 3 drops wild orange
- 2 drops wintergreen
Happy Endings Blend
This roller fragrance is the perfect send-off after a memorable wedding. The blend contains citrus oils like wild orange and lime, which mix well with a minty oil like peppermint to end the wedding on a happy note.
Ingredients:
- 2 drops of frankincense
- 2 drops peppermint
- 2 drops wild orange
- 2 drops lime
Now, you should be all set up to craft your own DIY roller fragrance! Whether you want a more therapeutic blend or just want a fragrance that smells divine, an essential oil roller is the perfect gift for your loved ones on the road to your wedding.
Looking to compliment your roller fragrance with a luxury perfume? We have a variety of fragrances. Click below to download all the printable labels above as one file.
