The antidermatophytic activity of nine essential oils from 7 plants against 6 fungi was investigated. Fungistatic effect was observed for the oil of Coreopsb bonariensis (2 mgtml), Laggera alata var alata (1 mglml) against Microsporum audouinii and for Cupressus lusitanica oil against Trichophyton mentagrophytes (2 mglml). Fungicidal effect was observed for the C. lusitanica (leaves) oil (2 mglml) against Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Erigeronfloribundus (leaves) oil (1 mglml) against Candida albicans and for oil of the flowering ends of C. lusitanica against Trichophyton mentagrophytes at 1 mglml. Finally, the essential oils of C. lusitanica were found to be the most active while M. audouinii was the least resistant fungus.