The Essential Oils Book: Creating Personal Blends for Mind & Body (Paperback)
November 6, 2009 by admin
Filed under Aromatherapy Products
Product Description
A rich resource on the applications of aromatherapy and its uses in everyday life, including aromas for the home, business environments, and essences for the elderly.
From the Back Cover
Fragrant essences lift the spirits, stimulate the senses, and enhance relaxation after a trying day. This practical guide shows how essential oils — used in the home and on the go — can greatly improve the quality of busy lives.
Comprehensive information on the essential oils extracted from herbs, flowers, roots, barks, and resins includes which ones to use regularly, which to use with caution, and which to avoid altogether.
Dozens of simple step-by-step recipes feature essential oils for:
* Combatting stress, PMS, sunburn, and other conditions
* Scenting homes, offices, and vehicles
* Creating blends for safe, fragrant cleaning products
* Making special mixtures for children and the elderly
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I own many books on this subject, but I find myself pulling this one off the shelf time and again. It offers a lot of basic information in an easy to use format. There are more complete lists of oils and their propertiesout there, but I like this book because it also includes recipes and advice, and inspires me to create my own blends. I recommend this to anyone looking for a basic reference or informational book on essential oils.
I got this book as a Christmas present and today’s the 27th but I’ve read most of it already. GREAT book — it’s like a cook book. Given my undergrad work in biochem, it’s just the right positioning for me. Tells how the chemical work together(carriers, bases, high notes…) and has a good variety of recipes for toiletries to make yourself: bath soaks, facial oil, and best of all, YOUR OWN PERFUME! Seeing as I’m working on distilling all those rose petals, scented geranium leaves, lavender, ginger and jasmine from my garden, I can become an amateur perfumer –!… It’s great fun.