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FRAGRANCE
AND WELLBEING
I do not feel like
writing today Many aromatherapists,
practitioners who use essential oils for the healing properties they
bring to our psychological, physical, and spiritual disorders, recognize
this force. For example, Gabriel Mojay in his book, Aromatherapy for
Healing the Spirit: Restoring Emotional and Mental Balance with Essential
Oils, writes that jasmine is a source of creativity. I cannot help
but agree because the first day that I smelled the warm, heady, sensuous
aroma of jasmine sambac, an oil that comes from India and Egypt, my
imagination took flight despite myself. I traveled in reverie all
through these
Needless to say,
actual perfumes have the same power. In her book, The Scent Trail,
Celia Lyttelton writes that “smells are the guardians of the
past. They evoke what References: Herz, Rachel, The
Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell.
Let's continue feeling good!
"we do a lot
of coconut paired with blueberry for deep hydration and "The cherries and berries-- sour cherry mixed with cranberry, naseberry, raspberry and blueberry- is a wonderful fragrant facial layered with chocolate truffle hydration masque." Just imagine...your nose is right in the middle of all that!
Here's where
I need to come clean and confess that my 'bath' consists of
dipping water out of a five gallon bucket! (For the last ten years
I have lived where there is no running water.) Five gallons doesn't
get you a lot of 'bath' so I make up for this by enjoying an
acquired set of implements... soaps, scrubs, fragrance oils,
sea sponges and all-encompassing towels.
But the
softness continues into the 'feel' of them. Now they are hard
bars of soap; but once you get one wet, they ease immediately into
doing their 'soap thing'. No strain to get them going. They are eager.
They feel SILKY. And in fact, silk is one of Sonsa's magic ingredients.
They have a smooooth, soft lather to them that
is not at all harsh to the skin. This
must come from Sonsa's impressive list of oils that are sourced from
all over the globe just for your skin. Other luscious yummy ingredients
include: Coconut Milk, Oatmeal, Honey, Orange Peel Powder, Ground
Thyme, Sea Salt, Caramel and other food grade additives. To me, the
hallmark of a skin care product is it's edibleness! If I don't
want to eat it, I don't want it on my skin. Brown Windsor
is SRS's signature blend. Brown Windsor contains: Distilled I don't
know how soaps are made, I think there is some chemistry involved,
or rather Alchemy, but "Sonsa
Rae Skincare's all natural cold process soap is made completely
from Other monthly "flavors" Sonsa Rae Skincare include: Orange Chai Sonsa says
"Custom blends available to order. Tell us what you like and
we'll make it!"
Definite Alchemy here!
New
Hydrosols from Dabney Rose's
Flower of the season Cyclamen She is
a bit uncommon but something for the plant connoisseur to have in
their collection. They are autumn bloomers, happy in drifts underneath
deciduous trees, where not many others would be comfortable. Every
so often I see a reference to a Cyclamen scent in terms of perfume,
sadly, this seems to be a synthetic one. The fragrance is unusual,
albeit soft. The 'florist cyclamen' is perhaps more well known around
the sweetheart celebration in February, so we will revisit her again
then. It has always been my wish to have enough blossoms to gather
and distill or tincture.
1 + 1 = :) Last night
I happened to have sitting on the counter 3 ginger lily blossoms as
I was putting away some steamed squash; and could have quite automatically
put them both in the same container.
Vetiver Bourbon Hydrosol has arrived!! And 0h boy is it nice!! It was distilled in fresh, clear rainwater but the end 'water' is milky with emulsified oils. It has that deep, smooth, earthy/woodsy aroma complete with that 'vetiver edge' that tells you it is serious, but without being sharp or mean. Vetiver is a very generous donor, sharing it's scent even as I was prying the roots out of the earth. It is happy when it's wet (as the Indians know well) which gives clues as to how it to use it. It 'plays well with moisture'; in fact the oil is difficult to separate from water, (a tip off from the milky appearance) making it unequaled for skin care. I detect a lot of 'electrical activity' as well; oxygenating! (I hope I can have a lot of favorites!)
Next month we hope
to have a big bouquet of Thank you, we enjoyed visiting with you! To sign up for
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I
have always believed that myths hold an element of truth, and when
Kama, the Indian god of love, tipped his arrows in jasmine blossoms,
he was teaching we mortals a thing or two about the mysteries of this
ancient flower. Jasmine has indeed stood the test of time and is still
known today as an aphrodisiac. Resting in the warm, soothing aroma
of vanilla, or invigorated by the cool, bracing scent of mint, our
bodies have long known what science has only recently begun to discover
– that fragrance can be a vital component of our emotional and
spiritual well being. Perfumes are a source of creativity, inspiration,
and expression; they help to build and maintain self-confidence, and
their scent is the magic potion revealing previously forgotten but
precious memories of the people, places, and events in our lives.
exotic
lands, envisioning vast fields of the white flowers lit golden with
sunset, as wafts of their scent enveloped me in intoxicating swirls.
From these aromatically laden musings, I somehow managed to land on
the shores of Hawaii, standing before Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of
volcanoes. Now I imagined a perfume called Fire and Ash, named for
the great goddess and her fiercely erupting formations. My journey
finally at an end, I was eager to write of these imagined wanderings
in my journal as words suddenly came pouring forth. Although not with
the beauty of a Hafiz, I, too, was moved to write by the experience
of jasmine.
