Featured Aromatherapy Posts
Jul 29
Making your own perfume can feel wonderfully old-fashioned and surprisingly creative. Instead of choosing a finished fragrance from a store shelf, you get to decide whether your perfume smells fresh and citrusy, softly floral, deep and woodsy, earthy and mysterious, or completely unlike anything you have worn before. You also do not need a professional …
Jul 29
Lavender has a reputation for being one of the gentlest and most relaxing essential oils. Its soft floral-herbal fragrance appears in everything from pillow sprays and bath products to candles, massage oils, and bedtime diffuser blends. But a product that is pleasant for humans is not automatically safe for dogs. Dogs process and experience aromatic …
Jul 19
Lavender may be best known for its unmistakable fragrance and beautiful purple flowers, but this Mediterranean herb has much more to offer than good looks. A healthy lavender plant can bring pollinators into the garden, provide fragrant flowers for drying and crafts, supply culinary lavender for the kitchen, add structure to sunny borders, and offer …
Jul 19
Essential oils can turn surprisingly ordinary moments into small rituals you actually look forward to. A bright citrus blend can add fragrance to your morning. Lavender and cedarwood can become part of an evening routine. A carefully diluted body oil can make moisturizing feel more intentional, while rosemary and lavender can bring an herbal aroma …
Jul 13
If you love essential oils but regularly find yourself saving recipes you never actually make, the Simply Earth Recipe Box has an appealing premise: put the oils, supplies, containers, and instructions together in one box so you can spend more time making and less time shopping for ingredients. Each monthly box centers on a different …
Jul 13
Aromatherapy balms are one of the simplest ways to turn a few basic ingredients into something that feels special. A little beeswax gives the balm its structure. Jojoba or another carrier oil makes it smooth enough to spread. Then a carefully measured amount of lavender, cedarwood, peppermint, frankincense, or another essential oil adds fragrance and …
Jul 11
Few essential-oil combinations are as recognizable as the warm, spicy mixture commonly known as a Thieves blend. Clove and cinnamon provide the unmistakable spice. Lemon brightens the blend. Eucalyptus adds a fresh, penetrating herbal note, while rosemary gives the fragrance a green aromatic finish. Together, they create something that smells like a cross between autumn …
Jul 09
Opening a collection of essential oils can feel a little like standing in front of a spice cabinet without a recipe. Lavender smells beautiful on its own. So does sweet orange. Cedarwood has a warm, dry depth. Frankincense is resinous and complex. Peppermint is unmistakably fresh. Geranium brings a rosy-green floral note. But what happens …
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 …
