A perfume is always a medicine.

The ancient books of medicine always included hundreds of perfume compositions used in healthcare. Therapeutic qualities of essential oils depend on quality of plants. That is why it is important to differentiate between mainstream perfumery produced by famous big brand names and small niche natural perfumery. The ingredients for natural perfumes are derived from mother nature, mostly plants, trees, flowers, turned into essential oils, isolates, absolutes, CO2 extracts. Unlike mainstream fragrances, natural perfumes are free from synthetic materials.

There is numerous medical research evidence proving that plants offer tremendous healing benefits that include rebuilding your immune system, detoxifying your organs and tissues, and even slowing the aging process. And there is an infinite number of ways you can bring plants into your life and use them safely and effectively to enhance your wellbeing. The raw materials used in natural perfumes are significantly more expensive than synthetics.

Even ornamental flowers or common weeds like dandelion, plantain, and horsetail can be effective remedies and have powerful healing effects…

Some scents have a hypnotic, calming effect while others have an invigorating effect. Jasmine and orange blossom calm, lavender and mint accelerate salivation and the production of gastric juice in the digestive system. Camphor and cinnamon stimulate intestinal functions. Some fragrances cause vasodilation or constriction of the vascular system. Camphor, for example, is used as a remedy in cardiology. 

We have 400 different types of olfactory receptors. Each receptor is paired with a matching olfactory gene in that person’s DNA. As a comparison, our eyes have only three types of receptors (blue, green, and red ranges of the color spectrum). Our taste buds have only five types of receptors (sweet, salty, bitter, sour and savory). Furthermore we have around 900 genes that can code olfactory receptors, allowing us to detect up to 10,000 different odors. A helpful odor perception analogy is to envision the receptor nerves like strings on a guitar. As a single chemical odorant hits the olfactory receptor, a single guitar string is plucked, producing a single a note. For example, perceiving the rotten egg smell of hydrogen sulfide). When multiple chemical odorants are present and hit the receptors (multiple guitar strings) the result is a chord. The greater the number of odorant molecules present (higher concentrations) the louder the chord is played. The loudness of the chord is analogous to the intensity of the odor perception.