Category: Blending Essential Oils

  • Learn About Sweet Marjoram Essential Oil

    Learn About Sweet Marjoram Essential Oil

    Do you know Sweet Marjoram is related to Oregano and just as powerful in its own right, with its own characteristics that set it apart? I like to think of Sweet Marjoram as the yin to Oregano’s yang. This aromatic plant talk profile takes you from the gentle sun loving plant to its softly powerful…

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  • Plant Talk with Cistus Essential Oil

    Plant Talk with Cistus Essential Oil

    Welcome to the land of Cistus ladaniferus, a place to learn from the short, sticky, resilient shrub that graces hot and arid locations such as Spain and Portugal. Known since ancient times, Cistus invites you to a space of healing and contemplation. Also known as Rock Rose, this plant has a lot more to share…

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  • Plant Talk with Palmarosa Essential Oil

    Plant Talk with Palmarosa Essential Oil

    There is much to admire about Palmarosa grass and its pearly inflorescence. In my mind, Palmarosa is the yin to […]

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  • Plant Talk with Basil Essential Oil

    Plant Talk with Basil Essential Oil

    There is much to know and love about Basil. This Plant Talk article features Sweet Basil’s many virtues, highlighting Basil essential oil and how to incorporate it into essential oil blends and life overall!

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  • Dilution Rates and the Concentrated Nature of Essential Oils

    Dilution Rates and the Concentrated Nature of Essential Oils

    Ever notice how dilution rates are often cited in aromatherapy formulas and recipes yet it is often vague on how the rates were derived? This has always gotten to me so I decided to look into it.

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  • Blending Essential Oils: Synergy, Additivity and Antagonism

    Blending Essential Oils: Synergy, Additivity and Antagonism

    Have you wondered if an essential oil (EO) can “cancel out” another essential oil when blending 2 or more EOs? […]

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  • Plant Talk with Ylang Ylang Essential Oil

    Plant Talk with Ylang Ylang Essential Oil

    Oh Ylang ylang! Often times called “flower of flowers” and “poor man’s Jasmine” it is one of the few aromatic […]

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  • Plant Talk with Laurel Essential Oil

    Plant Talk with Laurel Essential Oil

    Can you remember your first encounter with a specific plant and its essential oil? Laurel is one I still feel in my bones. To this day the same sensation arises each time I am with essential oil of Laurus nobilis. It helps me release the ideas of “should” and “could.” It gives me a gap,…

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  • Angelica Root Essential Oil

    Angelica Root Essential Oil

    Have you met Angelica root and its gorgeously stabilizing and protective essential oil? There is much to share with you about this Angelic connector of “Light and Dark”. Continue reading for plant highlights, key therapeutics and personality of Angelica Root essential oil and aromatherapy blending ideas.

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  • Goldenrod Essential Oil

    Goldenrod Essential Oil

    Goldenrod, often considered a roadside weed, offers many healing properties. It is a familiar face in North America’s late-summer landscape and one of the continent’s humble yet potent aromatic plants. If Goldenrod is an aromatic plant, does that mean it creates essential oil? Absolutely! Continue reading for plant highlights, key therapeutics and personality of Goldenrod…

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