I buy the Pure Aroma essential oils kit for other people more often than for myself. It’s the set I hand someone who wants to try essential oils but has no idea which one they’ll actually like. Six 10 ml bottles, six different oils, and no commitment to a big bottle of something that might smell wrong to them.
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Quick verdict
This is a sampler, and sampling is what it’s good at. You sniff each oil, then run a couple through a vaporizer or diffuser, and you come out knowing what you actually want to buy in bulk. Quality has been consistently good every time — nothing in the box smells faint or cheap, and the amber bottles keep the oils in shape. If you’re still finding your favorite oil, start here; if you already know it, buy in bulk instead.
Why I bought it
Bulk is cheaper per ounce, and that’s how anyone who uses oils seriously should buy them eventually. The math only works once you know which oil you like, though. A large bottle of something you end up hating costs more than this whole sampler does, and it sits in the drawer forever.
So when people ask me where to start, I tell them to get this kit and try each oil before committing to anything. It’s small, it’s cheap enough to gamble on, and it settles the question quickly. It’s been my go-to recommendation to hand people who are just getting into oils.
What the Pure Aroma essential oils are like to use
I walk people through two stages. First, unscrew each cap and smell the oil straight from the bottle. It’s zero setup — you can go through the whole set in five minutes — and it immediately tells you which ones are worth testing further.
Then take the two or three that seemed promising and run them in a small vaporizer or diffuser. The same oil can read very differently those two ways. Something sharp off the cap often settles into something mellow once it’s spread through a room, and the reverse happens too. That comparison is the whole point of the kit: you learn what each oil smells like on a quick sniff and in the air, so by the time you buy bulk, you know exactly what you’re getting.
Quality has been consistent every time I’ve bought it or helped someone pick it up. The oils smell true to their labels — the peppermint is sharp and clean, the lavender is soft, the tea tree smells like tea tree. Ten milliliters sounds tiny, but for sampling it’s plenty. It’s only once you commit to a daily diffuser habit that you start burning through bottles.
Key specs
| Set contents | 6 bottles × 10 ml (0.33 fl oz) |
| Oils included | Lavender, Eucalyptus, Lemongrass, Sweet Orange, Peppermint, Tea Tree |
| Bottle type | Dark amber glass |
| Additives | Listing states no fillers, additives, or carrier oils |
| Package dimensions | 7.83 × 3.23 × 1.14 inches |
| First available | November 19, 2016 |
| ASIN | B01KWIKUU4 |
Who should skip it
If you already have a favorite and use it regularly — a diffuser running most days will drain a 10 ml bottle fast — skip the sampler and buy that single oil in a large bottle. The per-ounce price is dramatically better. This kit is for finding out what you like, not for stocking up on what you already know.
FAQ
Which oils are in the Pure Aroma kit?
Six oils, each in a 10 ml bottle: lavender, eucalyptus, lemongrass, sweet orange, peppermint, and tea tree. It’s a spread across the common scent categories — floral, fresh, citrus, minty, and medicinal — so you get a genuine range rather than six variations on the same smell. The listing says the selection is handpicked from different parts of the world.
Are the oils pure, or diluted with carrier oils?
The listing says these are pure essential oils with no fillers, additives, or carrier oils added, and that matches what I’ve experienced — they smell strong and true, not softened the way a diluted oil does. That’s also why the small bottles go further than you’d expect when you’re sampling and diffusing.
Can you use them in a diffuser or vaporizer?
Yes — the listing is built around diffusers, humidifiers, and home-care use, and that’s how I tell people to test them. If you don’t own a diffuser, any small vaporizer works: add water, then a few drops of the oil you’re testing. The listing also mentions candles, soaps, and bath bombs as uses.
Bottom line
If you’re trying to figure out which essential oil you actually like, this is the cheapest, fastest way to find out — sniff each one, diffuse a few, then buy bulk with confidence. It’s a kit for the testing phase, and for that phase it’s the one I keep recommending to people.