Aromatherapy & Essential Oils for Wellness and Environments
premium grade Oils
All of our oils are sourced from organic or wild-crafted plants and resins unless otherwise indicated on the bottle.
Wellbeing
Used properly, essential oils may assist in healing for conditions like muscle and joint pain, anxiety and depression, sleeplessness, headaches, nausea and skin disorders.
For People and Place
Quality essential oils can provide impact with just a few drops on a tissue that are inhaled through the nose. They can also be used strategically in environments like homes or offices.
For Health & Wellness
Pure Essential Oils
Varieties for Every Need
Responsibily Sourced and
include GC/SM Certifications.
In order for essential oils to have a therapeutic effect, they must be pure plant extracts. Essential oils are not currently regulated by the FDA. All of our oils are produced using certified organic or wild-crafted plant material and resins, unless indicated, and come with a GCMS report.
Gas Chromatography (GC) is a method of separating the volatile compounds in the essential oils into individual components, like linalol, which is found in Lavender, and producing a linear graph that charts these components. Mass Spectrometry (MS) identifies each of these components and their percentages.
The precise breakdown of the chemical components in an individual oil is important because the therapeutic benefits and safety issues of essential oils are in large part determined by their chemical makeup.
Essential Oils – A History
Ancient Origins
Essential oils have been around for a very long time. Throughout history they have been used to treat illness and promote well-being and beauty. Aromatic herbs have been used since the beginning of time to cleanse and heal our bodies and minds.
Records from the East indicate that primitive stills were employed as far back as 5000 years ago (although probably more) for the production of aromatic waters and essentials oils.
In ancient Egypt, aromatic waters and resins were featured in ceremonies and rituals. Those with means perfumed themselves with scented ointments made by infusing aromatic plants with oil or fat from animals.
In the embalming process, oils of cedarwood and frankincense were used, no doubt for their preserving properties, to coat the bandages used for mummies.
How much the ancients knew of the plants’ healing powers is uncertain, but ayurvedic medical texts from early Indian society include aromatic essences in many of their treatments. Subsequent civilizations, notably the Greeks and Romans, developed the use of these essences in rituals and religious ceremonies and records indicate an increasing awareness of their therapeutic properties.
By 1000 AD, the Arab physician Avicenna had introduced the cooling system into the distillation process, making the extraction of essential oils a more refined and efficient process.
Medicinal & Therapeutic Use
An indication of the antiseptic properties of what we now know as essential oils came from the apparent immunity experienced by many perfumers to the plagues and cholera that swept Europe during the Middle Ages. By the late 17th century these oils were widely used in medicines. Toward the end of the 19th century, scientific experiments into the anti-bacterial properties of plants began to clarify the chemical composition and potential healing powers of essential oil molecules. Unfortunately, rather than leading to an increase in the use of essential oils, attempts were made to mimic their properties — increasingly, synthetic chemical equivalents were employed instead of the natural plant essences themselves.
The reintroduction of the use of essential oils began in the early 1900s with the work of French chemist, René-Maurice Gattefossé, who first gave the name “aromatherapie” to this branch of herbal medicine.
Another Frenchman, Dr. Jean Valnet, became interested in the healing properties of essential oils after using them to treat soldier wounds in WWII. His extensive knowledge of the subject gained official recognition for the therapy in France, where today many doctors prescribe oils for internal and external use.
The development of holistic aromatherapy as it is now practiced in the UK owes much to the French biochemist Marguerite Maury. She introduced essential oils into the beauty therapy world, where they were used in conjunction with massage for their rejuvenating effects on the skin.
Over the last few years, research has accelerated at universities and hospitals throughout the world. Results have given us a much deeper knowledge of the essential oils themselves, as well as an increased awareness of their exceptional strength.