Re: Aromatherapy and Perfume

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although my husbands advice is to GO FOR IT!

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for myself, i have found that the experience i had in making natural

perfumes is different/conjunct to aromatherapy. you're much freer in

natural perfume. it's not about a clinical response.

i can't speak for any aromatherapy course... but for natural perfumery... if you

feel you need a foundation, then i would seek that... not more

aromatherapy... they're not the same thing. (although i would also

suggest any natural perfume is inherently aromatherapeutic.)

perhaps someone offering a course could work with you regarding payment?

you don't sound pitiful. what's that anyway? you sound enthused and dedicated

and full of art !!

you married a smart man. GO FOR IT!

love & light, einsof

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Hello All,

What are the groups thoughts on having/needing a solid background on

aromatherapy when all you really want to do is create natural perfumes, etc. but

can't afford the perfume courses offered. I've worked with a friend doing the

1st Mandy Aftel course, and am wondering if the Jeanne Rose Aromatherapy Family

and Friends course will help me, since it's in the price range. I hope I don't

sound pitifull!! Just at a crossroads and need input from the real world,

although my husbands advice is to GO FOR IT!

 

I agree with your husband.  You certainly do not need a background in

aromatherapy.  I don't(although I'm familiar with it and do use essential oils

theraputically).  Aromatherapy and Natural Perfumery are related, so

many people seem to be interested in both, or cross over, but it's

not necessary. 

It's also possible to be self-taught.  But it's going to take a while, going to

be a lot of work;  much time is going to have to be spent familiarizing

yourself with the essences and how they work(or don't work

together), experimenting with blends, reading,etc.  And you will always be

learning, no matter how many years you might do it. But it's enjoyable work and

I'm sure you're up to it! 

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> I agree with . I have taught several friends the basics of aromatherapy

soap making, and the fragrant combinations they went home and put together (and

proudly presented to all and sundry) were truly awful.

You are working with natural plant essences, so the combinations will have a

powerful effect via the limbic systems and bloodstreams of the wearers and

sniffers of your perfumes.

It's really useful to understand the therapeutic action of plant families and

their botanical classifications, so that your blending automatically becomes

both intuitive and also clearly informed by your understanding of each new

fragrant cocktail's chemistry and it's path of action (eg certain heavy florals

might be very soporific and sedating in combination, and if you want to offset

the cloying sweetness and still retain the narcotic effect then you might

include a penetrating herbal component such as marjoram or thyme, alternatively,

you might want the effect to be uplifted by a stimulant such as rosemary, which

is possibly how eau de cologne came about, the cordial effect of neroli being

matched in its intensity by rosemary and synergetically blended by the citrus

family. So I say go for it and just never make 'basil, cinnamon and rosewood

soap' (believe me...)

It's also very useful to know about essential oils in terms of contraindications

re phototoxicity and skin irritations and various dilution ratios etc etc. As

mentioned, you can teach yourself, but the course will set this out for

you in a clear and well-defined system of plant categorisations, applications

and methods.

best of luck

Teone

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> although my husbands advice is to GO FOR IT!

> ~~~~~~

> for myself, i have found that the experience i had in making natural

> perfumes is different/conjunct to aromatherapy. you're much freer in

> natural perfume. it's not about a clinical response.

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> i can't speak for any aromatherapy course... but for natural perfumery... if

you feel you need a foundation, then i would seek that... not more

> aromatherapy... they're not the same thing. (although i would also

> suggest any natural perfume is inherently aromatherapeutic.)

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> perhaps someone offering a course could work with you regarding payment?

>

>

> you don't sound pitiful. what's that anyway? you sound enthused and dedicated

and full of art !!

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> you married a smart man. GO FOR IT!

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Hi Folks....

Uhhhhhh....What Ein said....<G>...!

Yeah....I know he hates it when I agree with him, but.....I hafta,

here....<G>....!

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W. Bourbonais

L'Hermite Aromatique

A.J.P. (GIA)

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> Hello All,

> What are the groups thoughts on having/needing a solid background on

aromatherapy when all you really want to do is create natural perfumes, etc. but

can't afford the perfume courses offered. I've worked with a friend doing the

1st Mandy Aftel course, and am wondering if the Jeanne Rose Aromatherapy Family

and Friends course will help me, since it's in the price range. I hope I don't

sound pitifull!! Just at a crossroads and need input from the real world,

> although my husbands advice is to GO FOR IT!

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The course is called " Jeanne Rose AROMATHERAPY COURSE - Home & Family© " . It

takes about a month to complete. The course book is " The Aromatherapy Book,

Applications & Inhalations.

Many people ask me if natural perfumes are therapeutic and my answer is

absolutely. But without knowing about the plants and their essences you would

not know that. There are many Natural Botanical Perfumes that can be built in

such a way that they are indeed therapeutic. But then you would need to have a

solid foundation in plants to know how to use their odors. The foundation of

natural perfumery is plants/herbs; the advanced study is their aromatic scents

and graduate study is Natural Botanical Perfumery. One of the reasons that I use

ONLY naturals is that I feel that " the mind and body as one " is the best way to

stay healthy. Thus natural odors can keep you healthy. Also, there is the point

about the synthetics being pollutants in the atmosphere.

So if you start by making/mixing scent together without knowing about the

scent or essences themselves - you may end with wasting your hard-earned money

on something that you would use as household cleaners. Education is never a

waste of time or funds.

Good luck with whatever you do.

Jeanne Rose

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I'm loving all this input from all of you in the group!!!! Thank you VERY MUCH,

I really needed it.

-Kristie