How to blend
Combining essential oils with complimentary properties creates a synergy, enhancing the therapeutic effect. It is an art to pick out oils that smell good together and combine them in a pleasing way. And it is fun to make your own perfumes.
Tools
Eye droppers, orifice reducers, or plastic disposable pipettes, brown or blue bottles with tight fitting caps, scent strips.
To make a good synergy pick out oils which have similar therapeutic value. Since there are so many oils to choose from, pick the oils whose fragrances are most appealing to you or that you feel will combine well. Use intellect and intuition. Take into consideration the quality of the effect, the fragrance and odor intensity. Some oils, like Jasmine and Frankincense are very odor intensive. Just a small amount will completely take over the blend. The finished scent should have a fragrance of its own, one in which the individual scents don't predominate but blend in a pleasing way. Oils like Lavender, Geranium Rose and Grapefruit can create harmony, smoothing out an aromatherapy blend.
For therapeutic purposes blend two to three or maximum, 4 essential oils together. Start with the two least odor intensive essential oils, creating a 50:50 mix. Determine which oil is dominating the smell of aromatherapy blend. Carefully add the other oil a drop at a time until balance is reached. Then carefully add a drop at a time of a third oil until it has flavored the blend without dominating it. Shake the bottle to thoroughly blend your creation. The scent will change over time, so let it sit a couple of days and then smell it again. To get a really subtle and beautiful synergy takes time and patience. Write down the number of drops in each blend, so it can be duplicated! |
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