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Smell Like An Egyptian Queen

Fri, 05 May 2006 07:26:21 +0000

Have you ever wondered what kind of perfume Cleopatra used to wear? Â In ancient Egypt there were only a few essential oils available to make perfumes so it is fairly easy to replicate the kind of scents that Eygptian Queens and courtesans used to wear. Furthermore you can buy these essential oils, which are still made in Egypt and make your own.

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The essential oils that were commonly used in Egypt to make perfume were:

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Black Cumin Essential Oil (that has a bit of a pungent, sharp and medicinal odor)

Rose Geranium Essential OilÂ (a light and peppery scent)

Violet Absolute Essential Oil (smells like African violets)

Cassia Pure Absolute (smells like a richer, more smothering and powder like version of Myrrh)

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To get an idea of what Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile, smelled like back in the days when Rome ruled the world try mixing these oils with a carrier oil and applying it to your skin or putting it in your bath.

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Peace Be Still, Sam

Essential Oil Is Not Really Perfume!

Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:04:47 +0000

Just because a company or an individual owns an aromatherapy site, it doesnâ€™t mean that they are ethical about their products. One humongous scam is the selling of essential oil perfumes. Technically there can be no so such thing.
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According to Martin Watt who did an excellent article on this subject for Aromatherapy magazine there are several fraudulent marketing practices that you should watch out for when buying these so called essential oil perfumes.
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First of all if a perfume compound is marketed as essential oil then the company is lying to you.
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If the product claims to be natural yet contains a mixture of synthetic and pure essential oils that is also false advertising.
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If a product contains a mix of essential oils then it is known as an essential oil compound, not a perfume.
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If it contains alcohol or other solvents then the essential oil is a fragrance, not an essential oil perfume.
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Another thing to watch out for are essential oils that are marketed as Grade No. 1 but in fact it is low grade. According to Martin Watt it is very common to find low grades of essential oils that are sold as premier grades. This is because buying fragrance compounds or low-grade essential oils, and reselling them as top quality products can make massive profits. Unfortunately this is all too common. Here is an example of the kind of labeling you should look for click hereÂ Even the product is marketing itself as a perfume essence it is technically an essential oil because it contains no alcohol.
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As with all things derived from nature, some essential oils are considered hazardous, and under certain circumstances, should be avoided. Some are phototoxic, neurotoxic, or carcinogenic, and safety precautions should always be considered when working with and administering any essential oil.

Real Gardenia Oil Is Not For Sale

Mon, 13 Feb 2006 01:18:03 +0000

Gardenia essential oil is one of the most powerful love attracting scents that is known to mankind. The waxy white flowers of the Gardenia shrub have an almost overwhelming fragrance and just a petal or two is so aromatic it is worth about $700 per ounce, which is way beyond the ordinary aromafiendâ€™s budget. Therefore the gardenia oil that we commonly buy in stores is never real. It is completely synthetic and lacking in the aphrodisiac and euphoric qualities that are properties of the real thing. The second most expensive oil is probably rose attar.

The only real gardenia oil that is remotely affordable that is sold on the internet seems to be made by a company called victorie-inc and even that oil is infused in coconut oil. At least this type of oil would have some molecules in it that are capable of penetrating the limbic system and producing a truly beneficial mood altering effect. If I find a site that sells wholesale gardenia oil for an affordable price I will be sure to let you know in this space. In the meantime the stuff sold on is only six bucks but comparing the two is like comparing a bottle of apple cider vinegar to champagne.

Common commercial perfumes that are supposed to contain gardenia oil include Gardenia by Elizabeth Taylor, Gardenia Perfume by Chanel and Tuvache Gardenia Perfume. However the prices on these perfumes are so low it would be hard to convince anyone that they contain any real gardenia oil, only some kind of synthetic fragrance. Sam

Celebrity Perfumes Catch on To “The Aromatherapy Thing”

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 18:49:00 +0000

Being a bit of snob when it comes to aromatherapy and essential oils, I have always dismissed celebrity perfumes as being too synthetic and probably a fine source of allergens and chemicals as well. Give me a master perfumer like Annick Goutal who travels the world to find just the right bit of seaweed or the finest rarest blossom to put in her complex multi-layered (and very healing) perfumes. If you don’t know the story of Annick Goutal, she is a breast cancer survivor who was discovered by French Perfumers as having an “incredible nose.”

However the question today can celebrities also be capable of mixing a healing or genuinely uplifting scent that has the similar transcendatal qualities as an essential oil blend? I was perusing the latest celebrity perfumes and noted with great interest that they are being concocted with more originality and attention to pure oils. I guess in Hollywood it is because the rarer, more expensive and more precious the oils areÂ in your celebrity perfume the more of a status symbol it is. The exception of course is Jessica Simpson who is still putting out perfumes full of white trash synthetic flavors such Vanilla Cupcake and Strawberry Sorbet.

Anyhoo the side benefit of all of this vanity and personal conceit is that the perfumes are infinitely more wearable and more attractive to an aromatherapy addict.

Here is a run down of the newest celebrity perfumes, the essential oils they contain and their likely beneficial effects.

LOVELY BY SARAH JESSICA PARKER should have actually been named ANTIDEPRESSANT. It contains mandarin, orchid and cedar and all three essential oils are mood elevators.

LIVE BY JENNIFER LOPEZ quite oddly adds ups to be a scent that says something like “using your feminine charms to get to the top.” It contains pineapple and sandalwood which are prosperity drawing scents, vanilla which is very attractive to males and aura cleansing lemon to make sure toxic types don’t get in your way!

TheÂ Olsen Twins, Mary Kate and Ashley have come up with two fragrances called NY and LA. It is also a bit strange how these two rich girls have loaded both scents with prosperity drawing oils. LA has guava and honeysucklle in it and both oils are renowned in metaphysics for beingÂ money magnets.Â NYC contains orange and pomegrante oils which are also classic money drawing oils (if you want to believe Raymond Buckland the author of the Magic in Food.)Â This begs the question – Are they twin witches too?

Not surprisingly JUST ME BY PARIS HILTON is all about sex. It contains musk, white roses and pink peppercorns (which are a big antidepressant!)

Britney Spears put some master perfumers to work to create her fragrance which is all about being unique. It contains red lychee (prosperity drawing) andÂ white chocolate orchid (which screams vagina power!) However like all things destined to be mass marketed it is ruined with an artificial synthetic note that smells like vanilla cupcakes (and also quite a bit like Jessica Simpson whose new scent is something called Vanilla Cupcake.)

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Of course you could also get a little bit inventive and simply mix up your own purer parody of these celebrity fragrances by mixing up essential oils in a carrier oil. For instance, Just Me By Paris Hilton would be very easy to replicate using orange, musk and rose oil. Lovely By Jessica Parker would also be pretty simpleÂ as it is made of three very common oils -Â orange, cedarwood and orchid.

Another tip is that anything that smells like a cupcake is just probably loaded with vanilla absolute. If you are looking to buy quality essential oils on the cheap click here.

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