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A 2,000-year-old cream belonging to an aristocrat discovered

Posted in Scents, perfume, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

In  1922 Howard Carter discovered the intact tomb of Tutankhamun. The tomb had been sealed approximately 3 200 years earlier. (The reign of Tutankhamon lasted 1333-1324Bc) The tomb was filled with unimaginable treasures and amongst these treasures were clay-pots filled with solidified matter from which a scent could was faintly discernible. On analysis the pots [...]

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SMELL YOURSELF WELL

Posted in Aromatherapy, Scents, medicine, tagged , , , , , , , on February 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I found this article and wanted to share it. A lot of what is said here is what aromatherapy is all about, and then, amusingly enough, prof. Jacobs (halfway through the article) calls aromatherapy nonsense…this I call ignorance. True, some claims to what aromatherapy can do are not realistic and there tends to be [...]

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Automatic Aromatherapy to Keep Drivers Awake | Popular Science

Posted in Aromatherapy, Product information, Scents, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on February 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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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AROMATHERAPY & CEREBRAL PALSY

Posted in Aromatherapy, Scents, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The use of aromatherapy, especially in combination with massage, can be extremely helpful for individuals (all ages) suffering from any kind of handicap. As I said before, touch transgresses everything as do the essential oils. They reach into the very deepest part of a person to balance and sooth. I want to tell you about [...]

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Burning Incense Is Psychoactive: New Class Of Antidepressants Might Be Right Under Our Noses

Posted in Aromatherapy, Scents, Stress, perfume, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

One of the earliest use of plant-matter was by burning it, breathing in the smoke. Some plants would help with respiratory problems, some with nausea or head-aches. Some plants would calm and relax, others were considered to open the mind for the unseen – the world of the Gods.
So of course I was not surprised [...]

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ESSENTIAL OIL & SCENT HISTORY part 3

Posted in Aromatherapy, Scents, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Greek God of healing was called Asklepios and his attribute is a staff around which a snake curls. The Asklepios-staff remains to this day a symbol of medicine and healing.

When the Roman Empire fell, so did a lot of the knowledge about herbs and aromatic substances. What was left moved into the cloisters of [...]

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ESSENTIAL OIL & SCENT HISTORY part 1

Posted in Aromatherapy, Scents, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The history of essential oils is exciting, romantic and mind-boggling. The stories are everywhere; the whole bible is full of allusions to essential oils. What makes it so exciting is that this part of history is continuously here and now. Each time I smell an oil, I am smelling the whole stretch of history…I am [...]

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SCENTING WITH ESSENTIAL OILS – do you smell it?

Posted in Aromatherapy, Scents, tagged , , , , , , , on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The whole point to scenting with essential oils is because they are mood-enhancers and they will make a difference in how we feel, or perceive, our environment. In the early 90’s a study was made where essential oil of petit-grain (Citrus aurantium) and grapefruit (Citrus paradisii) were used to scent the air in an underground [...]

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THE SCENT-VOID

Posted in Product information, Scents, tagged , , , , , , 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 [...]

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