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Nowadays, use of alternative and complementary therapies with mainstream medicine has gained the momentum. Aromatherapy is one of the complementary therapies which use essential oils as the major therapeutic agents to treat several diseases. The essential or volatile oils are extracted from the flowers, barks, stem, leaves, roots, fruits and other parts of the plant by various methods. It came into existence after the scientists deciphered the antiseptic and skin permeability properties of essential oils. Once the oils are in the system, they remodulate themselves and work in a friendly manner at the site of malfunction or at the affected area. Herbal plants contain various biologically active compounds that are useful for life enhancement and they are the main origins of modern and conventional herbal medicine for the prevention of diseases. The study aimed to formulated and develop herbal candle using Essential oils in combination. F1, F2, F3, where prepare by varying composition and evaluated for their physicochemical property. The study shows that formulation F3 was found to be effective due to large quantity of Essential oil. The test showed that the manufactured herbal candle had become more effective, Cheaper and non-poisonous than the candle repellents currently available on the market based on chemical in fighting mosquitoes, scent consistency, etc.