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Background : there is a trend of increasing Caesarean Section (CS) in several hospital, in private hospital or government hospital, even though the risk of mother giving birth through CS surgery is greater than normal delivery (vaginal delivery). The national percentage of CS delivery is around 15,3%. Generally in Indonesia, the number of CS deliveries in government hospital is 25% of total deliveries. While in private hospitals the number are very high at around 30-80% of total deliveries. The next nonpharmacological method is aromatherapy. Aromatherapy is one of nonpharmacological method to reduce pain. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of aromatherapy towards reduction the level of pain in the mother giving birth. Method:. Use three databases; PUBMED, proquest and sciencedirect. Result: Aromatherapy provides relaxation. This also increases the mothers ability to deal with labor pain. Other than that aromatherapy is also used to reduce pain and treat anxiety. Conclusion: Inhaled aromatherapy activates the release of neurotransmitters such as serotonin, endorphins, and norepinephrine in the hypothalamic pituitary axis and modulates neuroreceptors in the immune system, change mood, reduce anxiety, and improve stress response. Inhaling aromatherapy can relieve pain and treat anxiety. Aromatherapy as a treatment to help reduce pain, other than that aromatherapy to help reduce excessive anxiety in the mother giving birth is by providing aromatherapy in the delivery room. Aromatherapy has analgesic properties and contains Linalyl acetate which can relieve pain.