The popularity of natural perfumes is at a peak providing us with opportunity to select essential oils of every kind in the current market. Instead of beautiful perfumes being a luxury they have become an integral part of modern toiletry. The insistence upon quality is an indication of the continuing demand for the unadulterated, natural essential oils that offer wonderful benefits and pleasure and used in aromatherapy, with their subtle but effective healing potential.

The more sophisticated blends of expensive perfumery, with complex and often chemical ingredients, will always keep their allure and be used for personal enhancement. However, natural oils have an advantage in that they can be used alone or blended at home for use either as body perfume or as massaging oil. This allows personal experimentation until you find your favourites. 

Essential oils are the only safe ones that can be used in healing and the developing science of aromatherapy. This science is pointing the way to a wide range of application from relieving sore muscles and strains, for pain relief, headaches, sinus, and pulmonary complaints. In the latter case eucalyptus oil is usually selected as one of the best, along with pine and peppermint.

Some oils are specifically antiseptic, such as tea tree and thyme oils. Others are exquisitely perfumed and used for direct inhalation when deep breaths draw their beneficial properties to nourish brain and nervous system as in the case of rose or lavender when we hardly need more encouragement to take a deep breath.

Lavender has also proven to be a deterrent for mosquitoes and many burn it at barbeques and outdoor gathering for this reason. Other oils can be similarly used.

We can inhale fragrances such as frankincense applied on our skin or onto an incense stick to help us relax and create an atmosphere for meditation. It is still retained in church use in incense.

Perfumes always have their fascination for both men and women and there are many occasions when we can enjoy them.  Their elusive qualities keep us wanting more of the lovely ones. It is a voyage of discovery to find perfumes that suit your particular personality, or provide a particular influence at work or in the home. Enjoy!

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Aromas provide a very pleasant and effective therapy. We have experienced a fascinating development in the use of aromatics and the emerging science of osmics. This newly recognized science is attracting attention of physical therapists as well as psychologists.

We can drink rose hip tea, flavour our food with rose essences, crystallise rose petals as confection, include rose petals in our salads, use rose perfume in personal toilet, massage good quality synthetic rose oil into our bodies for healing through aromatherapy, burn it in our incense, and most importantly, best nourish our brain and our minds by inhaling the pure perfume directly from the garden flower.

Our olfactory sense has to cope with many aromatics and chemical fumes that are associated with man-made products and conditions. We must learn to cultivate a keen sense of smell and benefit mind and body through inhalations of essential oils and essences.

We have traditions that relate to the sights, the colours, the sounds and the symbols of this sacred season of Christmas and the birth of Christ. All these traditional practices that appeal to us are retained in some degree, whether it is the ornamented fir tree, the nativity symbols, the star of Bethlehem, the candles, the carols, and of course the feasting. Apart from church attendance, we can find ways to increase our pleasure and add the special Christmas scents and sounds by injecting frank

In the growing science of osmics and the healing profession of aromatherapy there is continual expansion of knowledge of the curative powers of essential oils. These applications relate to both physical symptoms as well as mental disturbances. The information here applies to 2000 and is yet to be updated. It will be of general interest to those working with aromatic substances.

As certain artificially produced scents can be harmful when inhaled, they are not recommended for use in either aromatherapy or for meditation. Only essential oils, resins or other plant material is safe to use in aiding meditation.

Agreeable aromas induce deeper, slower inhalations which benefit the nervous system directly through relaxing the solar plexus, and reduce nervous tension. Offensive odours inhibit the depth and rate of breathing.

There are an estimated 80,000 plant species in the world. However, pleasantly perfumed plants are rare. Only about one tenth of the known species are suitable for providing us with the aromatic resins and essential oil required in the production of perfumes.

Scented gardens are a delight and encourage vitality through the stimulus to inhale deeply.