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Essential Oils for Beginners

As you can see from this brief history

of essential oils, many cultures have
used plants for centuries to care for

their bodies. So, for those who think
that essential oils are simply a fad
that will soon pass, it’s important

to know that they’ve already been
around for hundreds of years.

Many attempts have been made

through the years to capture the

essence of plants.

How are essential
oils made?

Many attempts have been made through the years
to capture the essence of plants. How exactly do
you capture the sweet smell of a rose or bright
aroma of a lemon? How does an essential oil go
from inside a plant to inside a bottle? While it’s
relatively easy to know where to find essential oils,
it requires a delicate, scientific process to grow
and care for an aromatic plant, extract its oil, and
process that oil properly in order to make it useful.

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