Essential oil blends with star anise

Star Anise is sweet and warm, reminiscent of pho broth and Tet sweets, and usually sits in the middle notes of a blend. Across the 30 recipes below, star anise most often pairs with mandarin, sweet orange, frankincense, cedarwood, and cinnamon.

Most used for: cozy & warm (17), meditation & calm (4), romance (3), uplifting (2).

Often paired with

MandarinSweet OrangeFrankincenseCedarwoodCinnamonBlack TeaLavenderPink PepperTea TreeCypress

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• winter's here, duvet timeBlack Tea · Sweet Orange · Star Anise · Smilax
• solo Christmas at homeBlack Tea · Pine · Mandarin · Star Anise
• reset after a long weekBlack Tea · Sweet Orange · Frankincense · Star Anise
• a little dose of youthBlack Tea · Sweet Orange · Vanilla · Star Anise
• thawing out after the cold snapWhite Tea · Sweet Orange · Star Anise · Pink Pepper
• Tet is almost hereMandarin · Holy Basil · Star Anise · Vanilla
• campfire night in Moc ChauSmilax · Po Mu · Cedarwood · Star Anise
• counting down to TetPo Mu · Mandarin · Cinnamon · Star Anise
• fruit tray on New Year's EvePomelo · Mandarin · Star Anise · Cinnamon
• steady mind, settled heartGinger Grass · Frankincense · Star Anise · Mandarin
• nervous before the dateCedarwood · Star Anise
• pre-date butterfliesSweet Orange · Star Anise · Mandarin
• waiting for a winter replyStar Anise · Lavender
• winter spring flingThyme · Star Anise
• 30 and flirty againStar Anise · Patchouli · Ylang Ylang
• Christmas bells ringingCedarwood · Star Anise · Rosemary
• Sunday pho simmeringGeranium · Cinnamon · Star Anise
• bouncing back after the coldStar Anise · Cypress
• change of heartFrankincense · Cypress · Star Anise
• childhood candy jarStar Anise · Ceylon Cassia · Roman Chamomile
• grandma's curry potTurmeric · Fennel · Star Anise · Coriander
• grandma's old storiesMandarin · Sweet Orange · Pink Pepper · Star Anise
• heading home for the new yearStar Anise · Cedarwood · Clary Sage
• reboot my brainFrankincense · Lavender · Lemon · Basil · Star Anise
• revived after overtimeStar Anise · Frankincense · Lavender · Cedarwood · Sweet Orange
• star anise coming homeStar Anise · Eucalyptus · Tea Tree
• star anise homecomingStar Anise · Pink Pepper · Mandarin
• star anise revival after finalsTea Tree · Star Anise · Neroli
• waiting for his replyGeranium · Star Anise · Ylang Ylang
• winter memory laneStar Anise · Cinnamon