Are Sweet Peas Aromatherapy?

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Howdy Anya,

> Butch Owen wrote:

> >> What kind of flowers? Fresh flowers.

> >> (etc snipped)

> >>

> Hi Butch, everyone:

>

> My take on this is that flowers, bourbon, manure, new mown hay,

baking

> cookies, clothes dried on the line in the sunshine scent, etc.,

etc. are

> in the realm of what we call *aromachology *- stuff that makes us

feel

> good psychologically. Stuff that's written about in Perfumer and

> Flavorist magazine and industry mags as stuff they like to

headspace and

> recreate to lure folks into stores, have an orgasm when they open

the

> dryer and take out the artifically-scented clothes, make you want

to

> eat, etc. Unless you have access to the real stuff like Butch and

his

> compost pile and the sweet peas ;-) then you don't have to pay for

a

> recreation.

 

Glad I am to see a bit of logic and reality in this chaotic

discussion. The term " Aromachology " was coined in 1989 .. just 19

years ago .. by the Sense of Smell Institute, a division of The

Fragrance Foundation .. the reasons for this were (in my opinion)

two: (1) To further their own research in a manner that would be

considered as being credible .. and (2) To tack a handle on the

influence of Odors on Behavior .. areas that they could not leave in

the realm of Aromatherapy .. which is what some folks have been

trying to do here. A quote from them is .. " Aromachology is much

like psycho-aromatherapy as this concerns itself with the effects of

aroma on both ones mood and emotion state. " So Sweet Peas and Horse

Dung and Bourbon and Perfume and to some folks .. under arm odor ..

can fit into the realm of this new creation .. at least for now. As

we learn more about the effects of odors odds are that they will need

to refine their definition .. and maybe even their dogma.

 

> Aromatherapy - emphasis on *therapy *- to me is *essential oils*

used to

> either kill germs, help heal skin problems, be inhaled for

respiratory

> issues, etc., etc.

 

If it is NOT .. then we are in deep doo doo and there is absolutely

no need to be concerned with acquiring PURE, QUALITY Essential Oils

because there are synthetic adulterants out and about that will make

an oil smell EVEN BETTER .. and then if one holds to the Sweet Pea

theory the therapeutic value should be greater. Con Artists do not

always add synthetic ingredients to increase profit .. when they do

it is called stretching .. they often add them to make the product

smell nicer .. make it more marketable .. which also improves their

profit because they sell more. Many novices do not understand that

ALL Essential Oils will not smell nice .. they can be made to smell

nice if one doctors them a bit.

>

> Lots of etc's today - so y'all can fill in the blanks.;-)

 

I reckon I have done my best to do this. And I will repeat that I

am still considering what I could offer to a group of people who are

not speaking my language .. the language of this route step industry

that is likely to remain a cottage industry because of a lack of

standardization and discipline!

 

I never cared for Ad Hoc committees in the first place and refused to

allow them when I was in the driver's seat. ;-)

 

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Y'all keep smiling. :-)

 

Butch .. http://www.AV-AT.COM