Some years ago I was part of a scientific group concentrating on olfaction. I was invited as an aromatherapist to join the group in their endeavours to unravel the mysteries of scent and what scent does to us. The other members of the group were chemists, biologists, physicists and reps from the culinary and artistic [...]
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Automatic Aromatherapy to Keep Drivers Awake | Popular Science
Posted in Aromatherapy, Product information, Scents, Uncategorized, tagged essential oils, scent, automotive, awake, aromtherapy on February 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
THE MYSTICAL SCENT OF OUD
Posted in Aromatherapy, Essential Oil Profiles, Product information, perfume, tagged essential oil, perfume, scent, distillation, incense, India, Oud, agarwood, aloewood, aquilaria, mystic, meditation, wood, Assam, Asia, Eastern, religion, ritual on January 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Oud is an oil that has fascinated me for the last 18 years. Its scent is mystical, mythical and magical, this is why I want to present this profile to you.
Oud or Agarwood or Aloeswood (Aquilaria agollocha, A. malaccensis, A. crassna) is an evergreen tree native to the forests of Northeast India, Bhutan and Southeast [...]
PERFUMES – synthetic fragrances
Posted in Product information, perfume, tagged additives, allergy, chemicals, perfume, petroleum, synthetic on December 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Your perfume may not be as rosy as you’d like to believe. Even though perfume may evoke images of a field of wildflowers, it actually consists of a variety of synthetic chemicals that are manufactured in laboratories. Many perfume ingredients are far from natural. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) listed [...]
Avoid Certain Additives in Baby Skincare Products
Posted in Babies & Children, Product information, tagged additives, babies, carcinogens, hazards, ingredients, products, toxins on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You should read the ingredients of your baby’’s skincare products very carefully to avoid certain ingredients that are potentially harmful. This includes shampoos, lotions, bath soaps and creams. Some of these ingredients may even be contained in “natural” products.
Here’’s a handy list of synthetic ingredients to avoid in baby’’s products:
* Alcohol: This harsh additive can [...]
THE SCENT-VOID
Posted in Product information, Scents, tagged air-freshener, chemicals, molecules, odor, odor-control, scent, science on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A friend called me yesterday and talked – interestingly enough – of the absence of smell; he had been to America and noticed that both the hired car and the hotel-room were entirely devoid of smell, the non-odor environment, he called it.
A few years back I was involved in a scientific group in Sweden. It [...]
New Federal Legislation Targets Baby Bath Products
Posted in Babies & Children, Product information, tagged baby, bath products, chemicals, safety on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Source: Happi Magazine; Vol. 46, No. 6; June 2009
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York recently introduced the Safe Baby Products Act, which would direct the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate and regulate hazardous contaminants in personal care products marketed to or used by children.
Sen. Gillibrand-who was appointed to fill the vacancy created when Senator [...]
