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Everyday Aromatherapy Diffusers

Simple, Down-to-Earth, Everyday Aromatherapy Diffusers

Got a Kleenex, a hankie, and a scrap of old diaper Voila. You have three effective aromatherapy diffusers. Use the Kleenex in the car, the hankie in your purse and beach bag, and the old diaper in the dryer, spreading sweet citrusy bliss wherever you go. Nowhere in the amateur aroma-therapist’s handbook will you encounter a mandate or threat; nowhere does it say, Spend a fortune on aromatherapy diffusers, or else… Of course, if you have time, a trust fund, and exquisite taste, we wholeheartedly encourage you to shop Crate and Barrel and Pottery Barn for some of the most adorable aromatherapy diffusers available anywhere on the planet. For the rest of us, however, who just emptied the youngest child’s piggy bank to fill the gas tank for the afternoon carpool, nature and our own resourcefulness must satisfy our serious and compelling need for aromatherapy diffusers.

Trust me, we need help all around the old homestead. This morning, just an average business-as-usual kind of morning, the puppy peed at the exact geographic center of the heirloom Oriental rug in the dining room. Following the puppy’s sterling example, my precious toddler aimed for the very same spot. After aggressive intervention with my home-brewed cleaners, guaranteed to kill all pestilence and plague no matter how insidious, I closed the deal with a happy-scented aromatherapy candle. Mission accomplished.

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Evolution of Aromatherapy

The Origin of Aromatherapy

Since the beginning – from the time of the ancient civilisations, the knowledge of the effectiveness and use of aromatic essential oils has handed down from generation to generation, and across different communities. Aromatherapy is a manifestation of humanity’s profound wisdom.

As early as 18000 B.C., as attested to in the wall paintings found in French caves, people of the Stone Age era had depicted, in illustrative splendour, their use of aromatherapy for the cure of sickness, fatigue relief or the enhancement of the pleasure of existence.

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