These days, I find myself always looking for ways to make lovely adult versions of those Valentine's Day cards I remember from my childhood. This year, I wanted to incorporate essential oils (one of my many LOVES). I gathered a few tips on how to do this.
Selecting a fragrance:
- Pick a fragrance that you and the receiver of your card have in common, one that they will associate with you, so the smell will bring forth happy memories of you.
- In The Complete Book of Essential Oils & Aromatherapy, Worwood lists the following essential oils for using with "serious matters of the heart in mind": jasmine, ylang-ylang, geranium, rose Bulgar, rose Maroc, Egyptian rose.
- Ylang-ylang is widely considered an aphrodisiac.
- Aromaweb has a list of aphrodisiac essential oils {HERE}.
How to add the fragrance:
- Pick your essential oils (or you can use perfume), you will only need a few drops, around 5 total.
- Place the essential oils on a cotton ball. You can also use a piece of cloth cut into small pieces (1 inch or so), using four of the small pieces.
- Put the stationary or cards into a box or bag with a seal, along with the scented cotton ball or cloth pieces.
- Let sit for at least 24 hours.
Sources: Aromaweb. Scented Greeting Cards & Tissue Paper Recipe. Retrieved from http://www.aromaweb.com/recipes/scentedpaperandcards.asp
Worwood, Valarie Ann. (1999). Scents And Scentuality: Aromatherapy & Essential Oils for Romance, Love and Sex. Novato, CA: New World Library.
Worwood, Valarie Ann. (1991). The Complete Book of Essential Oils & Aromatherapy. San Rafael, CA: New World Library.
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