The invention relates to a tangerine oil, which is prepared according to the steps as follows: (1) adding tangerine peels and water with the mass ratio of 5:0.9-1.1 into a screw extrusion press, pressing and filtering the pressed liquid with an 80-120 meshed screen to obtain filtrate; (2) adding salt accounting for 5-7% of the mass of the filtrate in the filtrate in step (1), mixing evenly, standing for 20-28h, pouring out the tangerine oil at the upper layer, placing in a refrigerating chamber with the temperature of 5-7 DEG C for 7-9 days, separating the upper layer once again to obtain the tangerine oil crude product; and (3) distilling the tangerine oil under reduced pressure at the temperature of 70-90 DEG C and vacuum degree of 40-60 Pa, purifying to obtain the tangerine oil. The invention has the beneficial effects that the prepared tangerine oil is transparent and colorless, has good anti-inflammatory effect on skin, can be used as a solvent for cosmetics and has improved security on human body.