A form of alternative medicine, aromatherapy uses essential oils and other scents to improve mood and health. Essential oils are typically derived from plants, flowers and herbs, and they can be used with a diffuser, or added to massage oils, room sprays or a hot bath. Essential oils are extremely concentrated and can fill a room with a beautiful fragrance when they are used with a diffuser. Diffusers come in a variety of styles, including lamp ring oil diffusers, reed diffusers and heated oil dish diffusers.
Instructions
1. Purchase essential oils at a natural food store, fragrance shop or online. Select scents that you typically enjoy, and that will help create the mood that you are trying to achieve. For example, peppermint and citrus scents are known to be uplifting, while lavender and chamomile are thought to encourage relaxation.
2. Place 20 to 30 drops of each essential oil that you are choosing to combine in a dark glass bottle. If you choose fewer than four scents, you should use 40 to 50 drops of each scent. You can experiment with scents by placing a drop of each type of essential oil that you plan to use on a piece of paper before mixing a whole bottle to ensure that you like the resulting scent.
3. Screw the lid onto the bottle, and shake vigorously to blend the oils together.
4. Open the bottle and waft the scent toward your nose to receive an accurate sense of the fragrance you have created. Typically, scents involving multiple oils should be mixed in even proportions. But if the scent is not to your liking, you may need to add several more drops of an essential oil until you reach the right balance. When you do, shake the bottle again to blend the scents.
5. Use the essential oil you have created in your diffuser. You will only need about five to 10 drops to generate a lovely scent for the entire room. You can also add the oil to a bubble bath or to massage oil.
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