Essential Oils Guide

Essential Oils Guide

A thoughtful introduction to understanding and exploring essential oils

Essential oils can seem simple at first. You open a bottle, experience the aroma and perhaps begin looking for ways to use it.

But behind every bottle is a plant, a place, a method of extraction and a complex aromatic material with its own character.

Essential Oils: A Guide to Understanding, Exploring and Enjoying Aromatherapy was written by certified aromatherapist Lena Romanova to help you build a practical foundation for exploring essential oils with curiosity, confidence and respect.

Rather than giving you long lists of supposed benefits or telling you which oil you need for every situation, Lena encourages you to understand the plants, observe aromas carefully and gradually develop your own experience.

Inside the guide you’ll discover

• What essential oils are and where they come from
• How essential oils are produced
• Why plant origin, extraction and quality matter
• How to use essential oils safely and thoughtfully
• How to choose essential oils for yourself
• A simple approach to the art of blending
• How observation can help you learn from every bottle
• An A to Z reference to 29 essential oils, from Atlas Cedarwood to Ylang Ylang
• Botanical names, extraction methods and aromatic profiles
• Traditional aromatherapy uses
• Oils that blend well together
• Practical safety information for each oil

Throughout the book you’ll also find simple invitations to smell, compare and observe essential oils for yourself. There are no tests and no correct answers. The aim is to help you become more familiar with the oils you use and more confident in your own observations.

Written from experience

Lena is a certified aromatherapist and has worked with essential oils for many years. Together with her husband Marco, she has run AromaSense in New Zealand since 2013.

The guide brings together professional aromatherapy knowledge with the lessons that come from years of smelling oils, working with different batches, creating blends and continuing to learn from the plants themselves.

It is written especially for people beginning their exploration of aromatherapy, but also provides a useful reference to return to as your experience grows.

Digital guide, available immediately

This is a digital PDF guide that you can read on your computer, tablet or phone.

After completing your purchase, you’ll receive access to your download. You can also access your purchased downloads from your AromaSense My Account page.