Aromatherapy essential oils: how to make blended aromatherapy oils, how to Make Aromatherapy Sachets

Essential oil are concentrated, hydrophobic liquids containing volatile aroma compounds from plants. Essential oils are also known as volatile or ethereal oils, or simply as the "oil of" the plant from which they were extracted. An oil is "essential" in the sense that it carries a distinctive scent, or essence, of the plant. They are generally extracted by distillation, but other processes include expression, or solvent extraction. They are used in perfumes, cosmetics, soap and other products, for flavoring food and drink, and for scenting incense and household cleaning products. And, as we well know, in aromatherapy.

As reported by Wikipedia, various essential oils have been used medicinally at different periods in history. Medical application proposed by those who sell medicinal oils range from skin treatments to remedies for cancer, and are often based on historical use of these oils for these purposes. Such claims are now subject to regulation in most countries, and have grown more vague to stay within these regulations. Interest in essential oils has revived in recent decades with the popularity of aromatherapy, a branch of alternative medicine which claims that the specific aromas carried by essential oils have curative effects. Oils are volatilized or diluted in a carrier oil and used in massage, diffused in the air by a nebulizer or by heating over a candle flame, or burned as incense, for example.

As explained by Blue Gaia on eHow, essential oils can be blended in ways that complement their healing qualities. Blending aromatherapy oils requires knowledge about the properties of essential oils, ways to apply blends and an understanding of carrier oils. Essential oils are categorized according to fragrances that are distinguished according to top, middle and base notes. Blending simply requires a balance among the three notes. Here are the steps for making blended aromatherapy oils.

What is necessary to do so: Carrier oil, Essential oils, Towels, Measuring cup, Mixing bowl, Mixing tool, Dispenser cup, Storage vials (brown and blue), Dropper.

Please note that Oils and supplies are available at whole food grocers. You should ensure to have everything needed for mixing before you begin. Use a towel when blending on wood surfaces, this prevents stains. Also, very important, is to use only one powerful essential oil fragrance.


These are the five steps to blend essential oils:

1) Select essential oils that complement one another, providing the necessary balance of notes. For example, if you want a cheering aroma, you can blend thyme (top note) with chamomile (middle note) and jasmine (bottom note). Use the essential oils chart provided in the Resources section below.

2) Pour .39 oz. carrier oil into a glass bowl. Use this as the base for diluting the essential oils. Carrier oils "carry" the essential oils to your skin and prevent irritation caused by undiluted essential oils. Examples of carrier oils are grapeseed and sweet almond oils.

3) Dilute essential oils in carrier base. Use a dropper to control amounts needed.

4) Mix with a small stick (a coffee stirrer works well). Avoid contacting the oil with your skin until fully blended. Do this with each essential oil that you are blending.

5) pour the blend into the vial or small blue bottle, using a cup with a lip. Store remainder of undiluted oil in brown bottles. Remember that blue bottles are for blended concoctions and brown bottles are for pure essential oils. Store in cool, dark places away from kids.


You can also be interested in a video by Malu Lujan, a massage therapist who describes how to blend aromatherapies.




Blending aromatherapies is very much like making perfume, where we need to make something that smells agreeable. The process of blending scents is very simple. You have what's called, a base note, a middle note, and a top note. A base note is an essential oil or a perfume, that will have a very strong lasting scent throughout the entire time that you are smelling that particular scent. A middle note, like rosemary and eucalyptus. These are middle notes. A middle note is a fragrance that will have kind of a medium body to it. The scent lasts, but it's not intense and cloying.  Also, there are a top notes, a more fleeting scent.

When you first notice the particular blend of aromas, you’ll, you'll notice that in a subtle way. The top note you'll notice in a subtle way. But, it will dissipate, and you might not notice it. You'll notice it at the beginning, but you might not notice it at the end of whatever it is that you're smelling. And, so, to put that into practice, if you had a base note and you were going to blend some aromatherapies, you might only use one drop, or maybe two drops of your base note in blending your aromatherapies. And, middle notes you might use, five to eight drops. You might even use twenty drops if you're making a big batch of something. Top notes you're going to use a similar amount, as the amount of middle note that you use. So, that's generally what these different types of essential oils are. And, again, if you have a, it's very good to get an aromatherapy book, and in the book, it should say, top, middle, or base. And that will tell you how much of that particular aromatherapy to put into your blend.

How to make Aromatherapy Sachets: calming scents for wellness
As written by Laura Leiva, aromatherapy sachets can provide a calming, subtle scent to your home or office. The sachets can be placed in drawers or closets to give clothes a nice smell or near pillows for calming down and relaxing before bedtime. Easy to make, aromatherapy sachets are also a great gift for special occasions, and you can get yours in four steps:

1) Gathering: gather the type of scent you would like to place in your sachet bag. Cinnamon sticks can be found in all grocery stores. Dried sage and lavender can be found in specialty stores or spa boutiques. Sachet bags can be found in a variety of locations; craft and retail stores like Micheal's, JoAnn's and Target carry them.

2) Filling: Fill each sachet with the desired amount of dried flowers or cinnamon sticks. For a combination scent, you can add 1 or 2 drops of your favorite essential oils to the sachet to intensify the scent or personalize it. Adding eucalyptus oil to lavender can give it an invigorating scent, while vanilla essential oil would do well with cinnamon.

3) Closing: Tie each bag with a coordinating ribbon, and be sure to fasten it tightly. Some sachet bags come with a drawstring, which makes it easier to seal the bag.



4) Sharing: Place the sachets around the house and inside drawers for a pleasant and calming scent. Give the sachets to friends and family during the holidays as a cheap and thoughtful gift.