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There are some scents that have been prized for millennia, being used for ritual, ceremony, worship, perfumery, and medicine. You’ll find them in ancient holy books as well as writings on medicine and perfumery that date back thousands of years.  Many of the most popular sacred aromatics, however, are not sustainable, at least at the moment.  Here, we’ll delve into some divinely scented aromatics that have been able to keep up with the exploding demand for essential oils.

We all get angry from time to time.  Memes abound on social media, pushing the idea that we should always be happy and avoid negativity at all costs. This is cr*p.  A balanced emotional life entails experiencing a range of feelings. Frankly, it’s not healthy to think that life is supposed to be all unicorns and rainbows.  

Some of the most sacred and valued scents over the centuries are those deeper aromatics—Frankincense, Myrrh, Benzoin and others—whose use predates the millennia-old religious texts in which they’re noted.  These scents are “heavier” because the chemicals they’re made of are heavier than those in “lighter” oils such as lemon or bergamot.  Another way to look at it is that the scents

When I first studied aromatherapy and learned that perfumery was part of the course I thought “Well, that part’s going to be boring.”  Perfumery is now my favorite part of aromatherapy. Natural perfumes are fun to make and the more developed your nose gets from blending, the more nuanced your perfumes will be. 

When you hear the term “timelines” your mind immediately wants to leap into sci-fi fantasy lands of dimensional blurs and several lives happening “simultaneously.” Though this is possible in the metaphysical and quantum perspective, it is a bit difficult to wrap one’s mind around and so is often dismissed as “impossible” or inconceivable. However, what if “another timeline” is simply one where you are experiencing yourself in a different mental state, attracting new solutions, or feeling better in your body?