Stress Away
A warm, sweet blend of copaiba, lime, cedarwood, vanilla, ocotea, and lavender — Young Living's dedicated de-stressing blend.
How to use it
3–5 drops for a warm, sweet vanilla-citrus atmosphere.
Dilute 1–2% in a carrier oil for pulse-point application.
In this blend
A six-oil blend of copaiba, lime, cedarwood, vanilla, ocotea, and lavender.
Stress Away pairs copaiba, lime, cedarwood, vanilla, ocotea, and lavender in a single bottle — a six-oil combination Young Living built specifically around comfort and ease rather than any one traditional use case. It’s one of the more distinctive blends in the catalog because of the vanilla note, which gives it a noticeably sweeter, warmer character than most other diffuser blends on the market.
What’s in the bottle
Copaiba contributes a resinous, woody base rich in beta-caryophyllene, a compound found broadly across resin and pepper oils. Lime and lavender add brightness and softness respectively, cedarwood grounds the blend with a dry woodiness, ocotea brings a cinnamon-like spice (thanks to methyl eugenol, the same aromatic compound found in true cinnamon bark), and vanilla ties everything together with its familiar sweet warmth. The combination reads more like a dessert or a candle scent than a typical “herbal” essential oil blend, which is part of its broad appeal.
Aroma profile
Sweet, warm, and citrus-forward, with a soft spice undertone from the ocotea and a woody base from cedarwood and copaiba. It’s less sharp than most citrus blends and less floral than most lavender-forward blends — a genuinely middle-of-the-road, easy-to-like scent.
How people use it
In the diffuser: 3–5 drops works well at the end of a workday or during a wind-down evening routine, and it layers easily with a plain cedarwood or lime if you want to stretch the bottle.
On skin: dilute to 1–2% in a carrier oil for pulse-point application. Many people keep a pre-diluted roller of Stress Away in a bag, car, or desk drawer for on-the-go use during a stressful afternoon.
Why it’s popular
The sweet vanilla-citrus profile is one of the most broadly liked aromas in the Young Living catalog, which is why Stress Away is frequently recommended as a “gateway” blend for people who are new to essential oils and unsure what they’ll enjoy diffusing.
Sourcing note
Because Stress Away is a proprietary six-oil ratio, buying the named blend is the only reliable way to reproduce its intended aroma and balance — mixing the six components yourself from separate bottles is unlikely to match it.