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The Symphony of Plants’ Communication
The Rich Repertoire of Aromatic Languages

The verdant heroes of the plant world orchestrate an intricate symphony of communication, weaving a language of fragrances and a choreography of survival tactics. We may title his opus “The Aria of the Flora”.
Aromatherapy in the Management of Psychiatric Disorders A Natural Approach to Mental Health

Aromatherapy in the Management of Psychiatric Disorders: A Natural Approach to Mental Health

Maintaining good mental health is crucial in today's fast-paced and stressful world. Aromatherapy, a therapeutic practice that utilizes essential oils derived from plants, offers a promising avenue for managing psychiatric disorders. This…
Perfume and Happiness

Perfume and Happiness

The right perfume can have a huge impact on a person’s mental well-being beyond just simply smelling attractive. There is a close link between perfume and happiness as the sense of smell has a direct impact on parts of the brain that control…
Smell and Memory

Smell and Memory

The sense of smell is a crucial tool to predict dangers and survive in stressful situations for humans as well as other animals. With every breath, our nose is constantly inspecting the air around us and sending signals directly to the brain and nervous system whether we need to be more alert or not. The olfactory system is located deepest in the brain and the link between smell and memory is both impressive as well as under-appreciated.
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How Do We Smell?

The sense of smell plays an important role in many biological processes such as it can help you to know what and where things are, including your favorite dishes or the offensive ones. It can warn you about burning things or rotten foods and can help turn your attention to taking necessary precautions. But, how do we smell? In fact, humans have wondered to know the facts about smell for centuries. In this article, we’ll explore how we smell scents, odors, perfumes
Effects of Scents on Emotions

Effects of Scents on Emotions

Scents are closely intertwined with emotions, moods, memories, and perceptions. They have a great ability to influence both positive as well as negative emotions and may alter your moods either by enhancing or hindering them in certain circumstances. Therefore,…
autism and perfume

Autism and Perfume

Autism and perfume have been found closely linked. While certain synthetic perfumes and the ingredients they contain may play an important role in the development of autism, some natural perfumes have been described to have noticeable positive effects in the treatment and management of autism.
Olfactory Psychology

Olfactory Psychology

Olfactory psychology refers to the science that describes the effects of smells on the human psyche and nervous system, playing an important role in activating the endocrine system. It involves multiple psychological factors such as emotion, mood, memory, and behavior. Scents have been found closely intertwined with emotion and memory.
ESSENTIAL OILS FOR DEPRESSION

Essential Oils against Depression

Essential oils have changed the way of improving mental health conditions including depression and stress. In the age of epidemic proportions of side effects of synthetic drugs, many people tend to search for natural ways to get rid of depression. Essential oils have gained enormous popularity over recent years for their natural and harmless benefits.
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Pyramids, lies and mythos of Modern Perfumery

From my house in Lefke. If you believe that olfactory pyramids published by the industry are meant to give you information about the ingredients or about the smell of a perfume you are really naive. Pyramids are but a marketing tool used…
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Subliminal dose

In a perfume, the ingredients that are not smelled are more important than the ones that are smelled. I once had a customer who loved my perfumes but he could not stand any fragrance containing Rose. Even in those where it was present in…
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Sniffapaloozza interview with perfumer AbdesSalaam Attar

RB: Dominique, I must tell you, you have a fascinating website and blog. You have articles on all sorts of fascinating subjects as well as carry many products - I love your website.  Tell us about what you have created.  "Create"…
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Philosophy of perfume (part 2): The language of scents

There is a language of scents based on olfactory archetypes. A basic, instinctive, deep, and compelling language in which meanings are emotions. How do smells get associated with emotions? Through our olfactory memory. This is the mechanism,…
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Perfume notes, mystery of the sense of smell

A mixture of essences has a smell on its own, in perfumery is called an accord. However, the nose retains its capacity to analyze the accord in order to detect each component. This is very strange because the new smell is different from…
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Spirituality of the sense of smell

Love for perfumes and spirituality go together, at least in the tradition of Islam. Very much unlike the idea of Serge Lutens for whom perfume is an expression of decadence and sensuality, the prophetic traditions of the three monotheistic…
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Mechanism of olfactory memory

Psycho-Aromatherapy chart of Robert Tisserand A perfumer has people smell his perfumes. He never has to ask if they likes them: It is enough for him to observe and read the faces. Facial expressions are infinite and they speak like words: liking,…
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Mystic of Perfume Making

There are different ways to initiate the composing of a new fragrance, but the spirit of it should always be one; "Kodo" the Zen of perfume. In the Hebrew mystic, it is taught that all senses give pleasure to the body while the sense of smell…
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Olfactory education

There is a clear parallel between music and perfumery, between olfactory and musical melodies, and we shall use this likeness in order to understand better the "why" and the "how" of olfactory education. Just like music, perfumery is an art…

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Environmental aromatherapy

Environmental aromatherapy Photo by AbdesSalaam Anyone entering your house is unconsciously hit by its smell. This first impression remains in the memory forever and will have a determinant part in the opinion they form of your house and…
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Aroma-chology® and aromatherapy

Aroma-Chology is dedicated to the study of the inter-relationship of psychology and the latest in fragrance technology to transmit through odor a variety of specific feelings (such as relaxation, exhilaration, sensuality, happiness and achievement) directly to the brain.
The psychological effect of scents

The psychological effect of scents

The psychological effect of scents Many poets and philosophers have been speculating on the emotional reactions provoked by odors but it is only recently that scientific studies on the matter are available. The group of Warwick has demonstrated…
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Fragrant show business

Olfactory psychology and aromatic scenographies Every one of us has been individually unconsciously conditioned since childhood with particular aromas that belong to the common olfactory culture of all and is possible to diffuse them in order…
Olfactory Communication

Olfactory Communication

Olfactory Marketing, Olfactory Psychology, Subliminal Effect of Perfume, Pheromones and Psychology
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Olfactory psychology – The Language of Scents

Olfactory psychology The Language of Scents The Alphabet of Smells The meaning of each essence in the olfactory language The properties of essences in Olfactory Psychology, Perfumery, and Aromatherapy Olfactory psychology is partly…
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What is Perfumetherapy

Perfumetherapy Your nose is your doctor What is Perfumetherapy?| Perfumetherapy benefits | Using Perfumetherapy| Perfumetherapy kits | Press review | Product composition In order to treat yourself with aromatherapy, you must refer to someone…