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How To Store Your Essential Oils

February 4, 2015 by Essential Oil Haven 5 Comments

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how to store your essential oilsIf you own essential oils, perhaps you’ve wondered about how and where you should best store your essential oils.

Providing your essential oils with an ideal storage environment will help you get the most out of your oils, and this article is to help you understand what factors play a role in essential oils storage.

Also, I’ll show you the top 5 essential oils storage boxes and cases that you might like to consider adding to your aromatherapy organizing system.

This post contains affiliate links, which means if you make a purchase through these links, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Read my full disclosure policy here.

But first off, why would you bother with a special storage system for your oils?

What Factors Affect My Essential Oils?

  • Heat and Light – Essential oils are flammable. The sun’s rays can easily make the temperature of your essential oil increase, which may destroy the oils’ properties. Avoid storing your essential oils on top of a hot surface such as a wood stove or a gas range. Make sure to also avoid leaving your essential oil near the window or any place where sunlight can make contact.
  • Temperature Changes – Essential oils (and vegetable oils, too, actually) don’t react too well to sudden temperature changes. Extreme changes in temperature can cause the therapeutic properties of your oils to be diminished, which is not something you want, considering that some of these oils aren’t exactly cheap. Keeping your oils safely tucked away in a proper storage unit will ensure more consistent temperatures in the bottles and their contents.
  • Moisture and Oxygen – Oxidation can occur if the essential oil is exposed to oxygen (fresh air). A consistent contact with the air will deteriorate the oils’ properties and increase evaporation. When opening the oil container, make sure not to let it stay open for a very long time. Also make sure to avoid letting water make contact with the oil because it could let it become cloudy or worse, the water will leak to the bottom of the oil and dilute its properties.

Storage Tips for Your Essential Oils

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Essential Oils Storage Wooden Box – Fits a Variety of Types and Sizes of Bottles.
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Avoiding heat and light is the primary reason why a good storage unit for your essential oils collection is needed. You need to find a cool and dry place. The cupboards in your kitchen and bathrooms are some of the best places that to store your essential oils as they are mostly dark and consistent in temperature.

Where Should Essential Oils Be Stored?

It doesn’t really matter what room of the house you keep your essential oils in. Personally, I like the medicine cabinet in the bathroom. However, some people also like a kitchen cupboard, pantry, or drawer in your bedside table for quick and easy access whenever you’re in need of an oil.

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The important thing is that you store your oils in a dry, dark and cool place. DO NOT keep them on a sunny window sill.

Essential Oil Storage Boxes

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This Wooden Essential Oils Storage Box fits up to 68 Bottles!
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You can buy wooden boxes especially made for essential oils storage to maintain the best possible quality of your oils. These boxes are economical and can be a great place to keep your essential oil bottles. Mine is like my “medicine cabinet” – no matter which oil I need, I pull out the essential oils box and select my choice.

The storage boxes come in many different styles and sizes to suit everyone’s taste. One thing to look out for when shopping is to make sure that your essential oils bottle size(s) will fit into the storage container.

PRO TIP: Check the essential oil bottles you already own to see what size they are. If you have “larger bottles”, they’re likely somewhere around the 10-15 ml in size. However, some also come in 5ml, 25ml or 50ml. Check your essential oil bottle size and be sure the storage solution you’re thinking about will work for your aromatherapy library.

Top 5 Wooden Essential Oils Storage Boxes

Bestseller No. 1
Aroma Designs Wooden Essential Oil Box Multi-Tray Organizer
Custom-made, Sturdy Box - holds and protects 59 Essential Oil bottles - 45 5-15ml essential oil bottles and 14 10ml rollon bottles. Perfect for storing oils from doTERRA, Young Living, Plant Therapy, and most other popular brands.
$26.95
SaleBestseller No. 2
72 Bottle Wooden Essential Oils Storage Box with Handle, 64 Slot for 5-15ml Essential Oils & 8 Slot for 10ml Roller Bottles
Bonus gift: Package includes 1* essential oils storage box with handle, 2 sheets bottle cap labels and 1* bottle opener tool.
$29.99
Bestseller No. 3
Beautiful Essential Oil Storage Box Organizer 62 Bottle - With 2 Carry Handles - Holds 5-10-15-30ML & 10ml Rollers (Space for 2oz-4oz Bottles) Free Bottle Opener & 192 EO Labels Wooden Oil Case Holder
EVERYTHING YOU NEED: (1) Essential oil key tool opener, blank oil cap sticker labels as well as stickers with popular DOTERRA and other brand names on them. Box Measures H 4" x W12.5" x L12.5"
$32.95
Bestseller No. 4
Essential Oil Box - Wooden Storage Case with Handle. Holds 98 Bottles & Roller Balls. 2 Tier Space Saver. Sealed Natural Finish. Large Organizer Best for Keeping Your Oils Safe. Free EO Labels
THE LARGEST MOST VERSATILE BOX AVAILABLE: Safely Stores all your oils EVEN ROLLERS! 147 total bottle capacity with 98 total spaces. Double stack rollers and other slender bottles for maximum storage up to 147 bottles. Holds 5ml-30ml (1oz) bottles in an upright position in upper compartment. 11.75” (Length) x 11.75” (Width) x 8” (Height) FREE BONUS - Now includes bottle labels (cap stickers) and Foam Padding.
$76.95
Bestseller No. 5
Soligt 25 Slot Extra High Essential Oil Storage, Holds 25 5-15ml Essential Oils Bottle & 10ml Roller Bottles
25 slots which can hold 5ml, 10ml, 15ml bottles also tall enough 10 ml for roller bottles
$12.99

 

Fabric Essential Oil Storage Cases

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This fabric storage case holds 30 oil bottles.
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Multiple cute and functional essential oil storage cases are available for you to choose from, also fitting bottles of various sizes – 5ml, 10ml, 15ml and roll-on bottles.

I like fabric essential oil cases because it feels like the oils are softly wrapped and securely stored. The zipper also feels somewhat more secure than a lock on a wooden box, which I like especially for smaller cases (12 bottles or so) that tend to move around the house a bit. One such soft case is for my essential oils first aid kit, another one for the essential oils I like to to travel with.

I like this fabric case especially, because it is purple and girly, and stands out from other bathroom organizational items. It’s also less than $20, so well worth the investment to stay organized and uncluttered!

Top 5 Essential Oils Fabric Storage Cases

Bestseller No. 1
Blue Essential Oil Bottle Carrying Case - 30 Bottles of 5ml, 10ml, or 15ml Sizes for Storing & Traveling by Diffusing Essentials - Neon Navajo Aztec Fabric
STURDY CONSTRUCTION: Forget about poor quality traveling bags that get torn or sag when you put the essential oil bottles inside them. This top notch carrying bag is very durable and it will never sag, even if you keep it full. Now, you can be sure that you bottles will always stand upright and will never leak. **Note - crushing is possible during shipping, the bag will regain it's shape once full of oil bottles.
$12.97
Bestseller No. 2
Hytek Gear Essential Oil Carrying Case Holds 30 Bottles (5ml-15ml), Blue
Professionally Sewn - High Quality Fabric and Zipper. Beware of cheap imitations!
$14.95
SaleBestseller No. 3
6-bottle Essential Oil Carrying Case (5ml,10ml,15ml) for doTERRA, Young Living Bottles for Aromatherapy Travel or Storage (Black Floral)
BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED canvas material case
$12.99
SaleBestseller No. 4
9 Bottles Essential Oil Carrying Case Shockproof Essential Oils Organizer Travel Bag Suitable for 5ml,10ml,15ml Bottles or 10ml Roller Bottles with Portable Handle and Double Zipper (Chevron Grey)
【Durable material】The essential oi case made of durable fabric cotton material, inside with thick 11 mm foam to protect essential oil bottles very firmed, anti-shock,no worry bottles broken when carrying everywhere.
$11.99
SaleBestseller No. 5
3-inch High Premium Essential Oil Storage Holds 16 Bottles - Fits Size 5ML, 10ML, 15ML Perfect for Travel Home Stock Gift (Green&White) (Red&Blue&White)
Professionally Sew,100% fabric cotton outside,100% flannel interior
$10.90

Final Thoughts

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If you want your essential oils to last and maintain their best properties, follow the guidelines above for essential oils storage. Pick a cute wooden box or fabric case to hold your treasures, and the aroma and properties of your oils will always remain at their best!

To your well-being,
Emma 💖

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  1. Milley

    November 27, 2018 at 9:42 am

    Essential oils are mostly prone to oxidation, therefore, make sure to avoid storing it in refrigerator. You can also store oils in aromatherapy box, which will keep the oils safe from extreme temperatures. You can use products such as Cobalt Blue Boston round glass bottle and dark colored glass dropper vials to store oil.

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  2. Anonymous

    May 16, 2018 at 5:22 am

    I love this website, thank you so much! There is tons of unbiased and terrific information here and I love how you have links to answer any question I could have. I am just starting to research essential oils and I grow most of my own nutrition and medicine. I also backpack, hike, and camp a lot though and want to know more herbology so I can condense my food and medicinal travel packs with me. I think essential oils are a terrific way to do that because of their varied uses. Thank you so much for helping me with research!

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  3. Teri B

    September 20, 2017 at 4:54 am

    Can you use a bottle with a rubber dropper if the oils are already mixed with a carrier oil?

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  4. Susan B

    August 22, 2017 at 5:10 pm

    First of all – thank you for your insights and reviews and know-how! I am just getting started. (and already have an assortment!) Your site is way helpful! Anyway – not so sure you should keep the oils in a bathroom that gets warm, humid, and at times, steamed up… too warm and too humid. i keep mine in my little ‘craft corner’ in another room, or, keep them in a hallway linen closet?

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  5. Brandon Roberts

    September 11, 2015 at 10:10 pm

    I am going to be moving soon, and my wife is super worried about something happening to her essential oils. So she decided to put them in our storage unit. This being said, I really appreciate you talked about this Emma, and giving me some great tips on how to store these oils properly. I’ll make sure I talk to my wife about this right away.

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