WHAT ARE ESSENTIAL OILS? 

Essential oils are natural aromatic compounds found in flowers, seeds, stems, bark and other parts of plants.  When you pierce the peel of an orange, rub fresh rosemary leaves together in your hands, or inhale the aroma of a rose you are experiencing essential oils. Essential oils have been used for a variety of health and wellness applications throughout history. The Egyptians were some of the first people to use essential oils extensively for their medicinal properties, beauty treatments, food preparation and spiritual practices.  Essential oils such as frankincense, sandalwood, myrrh and cinnamon were considered so valuable they were exchanged for gold along the caravan trade routes.  

Today, we still enjoy many of the same properties from essential oils as the Egyptians did in ancient times.  Modern day essential oils go beyond the perfume industry as health scientists and medical practitioners continue to research and validate the numerous health and wellness benefits of therapeutic grade essential oils.