Essential oils are much more than about smells.
Smells however are so powerful they can draw us to someone
or bring us back to a place or situation as we remember connections.
Most of us have some memory of fresh coffee brewing,
lavender in linen drawers or the wafts of fresh bread in the oven; some of
these ‘tricks’ are used by many a house seller to make their home more
attractive to a prospective buyer.
My husband and I just returned to Melbourne having driven a
little under 4000km from Cairns during Australia’s spring. What an amazing
experience. Not only was the heat very different in different parts of the
country so were trees and plants as they are of course also influenced by heat
and humidity in the air. This makes for interesting landscapes and smells, with
the windows down we picked up wafts of various fragrances and in a two-week
period the transition is rapid enough for our sense of smell not to adjust too
quickly.
As our journey started, the tropics were entering the wet
season bringing the smells of gum trees and cane sugar being harvested and
processed. In some areas, cane fields were burning. Banana plantations, even with
bananas covered with plastic, had their own fragrance in the air. Blossom,
saps, native grasses, freshly cut grass along the road, ocean air and the dry
heat on a dusty road all made this journey a pleasure. I can’t forget to
mention the smell of tar during the many road upgrades we encountered!
Smells and fragrances reach the limbic system in the brain,
which is believed to be connected with emotional behaviour. Essential oils are
distilled from plant material and have powers beyond bringing back many
memories of times spent in different climates and seasons.
Check out the Aroma Blends’ roll-on range for some options.
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