The art of Aromatherapy combines essential oils with a carrier oil. Creating scents that have a healing and nurturing effect on the mind body and spirit. Aromatherapy dates back more than 5,000 years.
Arcelogical evidence shows aromatic medicinal practices in India and Egypt.
The Egyptians were known for the medicines, beauty products, massage oils, embalming formulas, and fragrant cosmetics and perfumes. All through the Middle and Dark Ages the people of Persia, China, Rome, Greece, and Europe used aromatics. The French chemist R.M. Gattefosse discovered the healing properties of essential oils in the early 1920's, after burning his arm working in his laboratory. He plunged his injured arm into a pot of lavender oil. He was impressed with his quick recovery and the lack of scarring from the burn.