What is An Essential Oil?
When you peel and orange, or walk through a rose garden, or rub a sprig of lavender between your fingers, you are aware of the special scent of the plant. But what is it you can smell? It is the essential oils that give the spices and herbs their specific scent and flavour, flowers and fruit, their perfume.
The use of pure essential oils and aromatherapy techniques offer a natural approach to enhance health and well being.
An essential oil is not really an oil but an essence; it is the purest part of the plant. They are volatile and in the main not greasy. Each oil has its own unique therapeutic quality and fragrance. The oils themselves are complicated and are made up of many chemical compounds. They should be treated with respect and not used without some knowledge of their properties and potential hazards.