Lavender aroma reduces stress responses in horses
View study ↗After a stressful stimulus, horses exposed to lavender aroma showed a significant drop in stress indicators, calming more quickly than without it.
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The Research Behind the Calming Blend
Peer-reviewed research supporting lavender for calming — with horse studies featured first.
The Calming Blend centers on lavender, one of the few aromatherapy ingredients studied directly in horses for reducing stress. Every source below is an independent, peer-reviewed publication — with horse studies featured first.
Horse study = research conducted in horses
Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)An aromatherapy botanical shown to calm horses in controlled studies.
Lavender aroma has been tested directly in horses in more than one controlled study, with measurable calming effects — a rare level of equine evidence for an essential oil.
Lavender lowers heart rate and stress markers in horses
View study ↗Horses inhaling lavender showed reduced heart rate and calmer behavior, confirming a genuine relaxing effect measurable in physiological signs.
Lavender and calming in horses (review)
View study ↗This review of equine aromatherapy highlights lavender as the best-supported calming aroma for horses, with consistent evidence of stress reduction.