Clove bud essential oil is a clear to yellow mobile liquid, becoming brown with a strong, sweet and spicy odour. Adulterants of clove bud oil are usually clove stem or leaf oil,…
Aromatic plants and oils have been used for thousands of years, as incense, perfumes and cosmetics (including food and medicine, of course). Traditionally this ritual was part of most early cultures where…
Spring is a lovely time of the year. It feels like a new beginning, people have a spring (no pun intended) in their step, taking the winter coat off. Nature is waking…
Oregano essential oil has traditionally been used for benefits such as a stimulant, carminative, diaphoretic and a nerve tonic. This essential oil is steam-distilled from the dried flowering herb of several plant…
If you are still wondering why you need to know how a diffuser work, most importantly because essential oils have antibacterial, antimicrobial, antiviral actions. They inhibit microbes and bacteria in the body,…
Diffusing meant to spread something more widely. The technical definition is a process of particles of liquids moving from higher concentration to lower concentration. An example is the aroma of a flower…
Base oil, or also called carrier oil, provide a medium for diluting and dispersing concentrated essential oils. A base oil is from vegetable, nut, or seed sources. It can also be made…
Most flowers contain too little volatile oil to extract with high heat or steam. Their chemical components are too delicate and easily denatured. Instead, a solvent such as hexane or supercritical carbon…
This ancient method of extraction can be dated back around 5,000 years with the discovery of earthenware stills. The distillation process hs remained relatively the same in the last 1,000 years. Today…
The method of extracting aromatic substances were developed by alchemists in the early civilisations of the Middle East and ancient Egypt. The philosophy of the alchemists was, that the spark of divinity…