Aromatherapy Recipes
Jul 11
Spicy perfumes have a warmth that feels completely different from simple floral or citrus blends. A little cardamom can smell bright and sophisticated. Black pepper brings a dry, gently warming character. Cedarwood adds depth, while frankincense gives the fragrance a quiet resinous quality. Add sweet orange, and the whole composition becomes brighter and easier to …
Jul 11
Woody fragrances can be warm, dry, earthy, smoky, resinous, or surprisingly fresh. Cedarwood may remind you of freshly cut timber. Vetiver can smell dark, earthy, and root-like. Frankincense adds a dry resinous quality, while sandalwood is known for its softer, creamier wood character. Put a few of these aromas together and you can create a …
Jul 11
Floral perfume does not have to smell overwhelmingly sweet or powdery. With essential oils, you can create a fragrance that feels fresh, green, citrusy, woody, romantic, or softly botanical depending on the combination you choose. Lavender can provide an aromatic floral foundation, geranium adds a rosy-green character, Bergamot FCF brings brightness, and frankincense gives the …
Jul 11
Citrus essential oils are some of the easiest fragrance materials to fall in love with. Sweet orange smells juicy and familiar. Bergamot has a greener, more sophisticated character. Mandarin can be soft and sweet, while lemon and lime bring the unmistakable brightness of freshly cut citrus peel. The challenge is that citrus essential oils also …
Jul 11
Fresh perfume can mean many things. It might smell like citrus peel, crushed green leaves, cool herbs, clean woods, or the first breeze through an open window. Unlike sweet floral perfumes or dark woody blends, a fresh fragrance usually feels light, crisp, and easy to wear. Essential oils are especially well suited to this style. …
Jul 07
Rosemary, peppermint, and lavender create one of those essential-oil combinations that seems almost made for haircare. Rosemary contributes a fresh herbal aroma, peppermint adds a cooling minty note, and lavender softens the blend with its familiar floral-herbal fragrance. Together, they can make a refreshing hair and scalp oil that turns an ordinary pre-shampoo routine into …
Jul 05
Golden, silky, remarkably stable, and almost endlessly useful, jojoba oil is one of the easiest carrier oils to recommend for aromatherapy. It works beautifully in essential-oil roll-ons, oil-based perfumes, facial blends, beard oils, body oils, hand treatments, and hair products. Its natural aroma is usually mild enough to stay in the background, and unlike ordinary …
Jul 03
Softly floral, herbaceous, fresh, and instantly recognizable, lavender essential oil is one of the most widely used aromatic oils in modern aromatherapy. Its popularity is easy to understand. Lavender blends comfortably with florals, woods, citrus oils, herbs, and resins. It can be enjoyed through inhalation, added in appropriate concentrations to massage and body products, incorporated …
Jun 29
Warm citrus. Lush flowers. Green leaves. Deep woods. A touch of spice. Tropical fragrance is much more interesting than simply trying to make a diffuser smell like a piña colada. Every year on June 29, the United Nations observes the International Day of the Tropics, recognizing the extraordinary environmental and cultural diversity of the region …
