Authentic Aromatherapy: Essential Oils and Blends for Health, Beauty, and Home

by Sharon Falsetto

Essential oils are becoming increasingly popular, but how do you identify quality oils from the myriad of inferior ones to choose from? And what can you actually do with these little vials of oils? In fact, there are countless things you can use them for—things that will improve your life and home—and it’s so easy! Sharon Falsetto features forty essential oils and recommends which ones you can use to improve specific ailments, ways they can benefit women, babies, and children, how to utilize them in the home and seasonally, and how to use them when you are traveling. She also provides information on bases for different essential oil uses and lists cautions and tips. This complete handbook is a great tool for anyone just starting to use essential oils as a holistic approach or those who have been using them for a long time, and includes chapters · The history of scents · Essential oils vs. fragrance oils · Organic and non-organic essential oils · Hydrosols, resins, absolutes, and carrier oils · Extraction of essential oils and home distillation · Basic chemistry of essential oils · Species and chemotypes · Endangered essential oils · And much more You’ll learn how to use common essential oils like grapefruit, eucalyptus, cedarwood, lavender, rosemary, tea tree, and thyme, but also more rare ones like benzoin, helichrysum, petigrain, vetiver, and yarrow. Essential oils can improve your life and well-being if you know how to use them correctly—The Aromatherapy Handbook will show you how. 

Genres: Health, Nonfiction

266 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 2, 2014

Reviews

[Tina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting history of the therapeutic use of essential oils, resins, etc. in the first part. I was surprised the author included ancient Egypt and Greece, but neglected the ancient Middle East. There is much in the Bible and in other texts that have a bearing on the subject. It is still a useful and wide ranging discussion of essential oils, their manufacture, and their uses. I am not sorry I read the book!

[Sandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for beginners and an easy read. I have read several in the last few weeks and this was one of the best. It is not all inclusive, but as a beginner, too much information can be overwhelming. I think it would make a wonderful gift as well.

[Grete · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good overview of basics

[Amy Kreydin]

I started using Sharon's book in my introductory module on aromatherapy this year and had great feedback with students finding the book accessible and easy to follow.

[önder dincel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Basic knowledge

I recommend whom wants to get a basic overall knowledge in aromatheraphy. I wish i could find more details, tricks and scientific (chemical) background in oils.

[Ariadna73 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Now this is a book that smells really, really good! Probably because all of those who borrow it actually rub the oils while reading it. I found it reallybinteresting, especially the part of particular advice for a handfull of popular minor ailments. Realy informative, written with care, in a high quality paper and with beautiful illustrations. Definitely a must-have.p

[Lea · Rating 4 out of 5]

This would be a perfect beginners book. It is written like you are chatting with a friend about essential oils. Good background information. A lot of good safety information. A detailed look at 40 essential oils. Not much on recipes but I would expect that in this book, but you are learning enough to make a few things and use essential oils for a variety of reasons on your own.

[Chen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Recently I got curious about essential oils, so I checked out this book (in eBook format) from the library. A decent book for beginners, perhaps more for beginners who want to pursue aromatherapy.

[Cherie · Rating 3 out of 5]

B Good overview for aromatherapy, inc blending proportinos, how to use, what work for what.