The Power of Nature… Captured in a Bottle

Essential Oils are one of nature's great gifts. These delicate compounds demand great care in their production - from growing and harvesting of the plant, to distillation of the oil, to care and handling until it arrives at your doorstep. Each pure oil is made up of many, sometimes hundreds, of individual compounds, each one an important part the whole. This is why the entire essential oil making process is important - if any of these compounds were not present in the final oil, the oil would not be of the utmost aroma-therapeutic value.

The Essential oils are found in different parts of the plant such as the flowers, twigs, leaves and bark, or in the rind of fruit. For example, in roses essential oils are found in the flowers, in basil it is in the leaves, in sandalwood in the wood, and so on.

India has been renowned grower of perfumery plants. The likings for fragrance and perfume have encouraged growing more and more fragrant plants. In India even today smoke of sweet smelling gums, herbs and spices is used to delight gods. Beside worship the fragrance of Aromatic herbs influence mind. There are references in Vedas and other scriptures about the use of fragrant materials.

The term essential oil is concomitant to fragrance because these fragrances are oily in nature and essential for plant life. Natural perfumes are result of plant metabolism.