Scents have the ability to move but now there is more to the magic of smell as it tells us more about ourselves. Discover yourself by taking a sniff of your favorite aroma.
Flowers, herbs, leaves, the scent of rain, freshly cut grass, musk, fruits, or the aroma emitting from a pipe tobacco, a cigar, a particular perfume all have the ability to capture the imagination. Scents associated with fond memories can instantly move one, recalling scenes of another time or place.
The sense of smell is a powerful one. And with more evidence of the same, aromatheraphy captures more attention and chances are that the art of feeling good, of associating well-being with scent will be spurred on.
Pure essential oils extracted from a variety of herbs, flowers and plants create the perfect balance between the nervous system and the spirit, rejuvenating both body and mind.
There are several types of aromatherapy: those created to intensify the overall well-being by blending essential oils according to one’s life and personality. Preferences assess which essential oils benefit the most positive traits in an individual.
The latter service is a practice in aroma-psychology and the theory that people gravitate toward those natural scents that will do them the most good and bring out the most positive aspects of their personality.
According to Melanie McMillan, a certified aromatherapist and artisan perfumer, ‘typing’ begins with a questionnaire: choose 13 adjectives from a list of 30 that best describe you. Words include easygoing, earnest, nosy, introverted, friendly, individualistic, sophisticated, idealistic, faithful, loyal.
Various traits are typical of each of the headings. For example, upon observing the town of Greenwich, McMillan classifies it as floral. Floral personalities are typically enterprising, dynamic and ambitious. Fruits are usually loyal, balanced, creative and organized. Herb personalities are usually compassionate, kind down-to-earth and emotional.
Leaf personalities are focused, idealistic, thoughtful, and realish solitude. Resins are charitable, ethical, objective and persuasive. Roots are traditionalists, peace-loving , solid and reliable. Seed personalities are honest, tolerant instutive and feel things deeply. Spice personalities are entrepreneurial, animated, vivacious and sparkling. Woods are trustworthy, warm-hearted, self-confident and highly motivated.
The next step us to warm up the nose and begin smelling the different oils within your category. Based on a person’s likes and dislikes, oils are mixed and blended that best complements the personality. Essential oils are pure extracts and should not be ingested or applied without the counsel of a professional aromatherapist. The personality mix is only for sniffing, designed to awaken those positive traits on an off day or in a stressful situation.
Essential oils can be incorporated into your life in a variety of ways, according to your specific needs.
McMillan believes it is possible for a person’s aroma-personality to change over time, although she has yet to have a client change personality category completely. Within a single category there are so many oils so you can change oil preferences but still remain within your original personality category.
It’s also unfair to place a person in one single category because we each individual has many layers in his personality. Some people fall into two or three personality groups. Usually, one fragrance type is predominant, but some people are equally two or three different categories. So it is conceivable that your aromatherapy personality could change over time – as when we grow older the sense of smell beings to diminish.
Although aromatherapy is a serious form of alternative therapy, the personality typing aspect is done in the spirit of fun. For the most part, women participate more than men, but the number of men becoming interested is increasing.
It is amazing that scents can play such an important factor in our health and well-being. Personality typing offers a way to educate the uninitiated in the power of essential oils and how plants provide amazing scents, as well as chemical attributes that elicit different responses in the human body. Just as each person is unique, his or her reaction to the essential oils themselves is different. Some people gravitate to citrus scent, others to flowers. People enjoy the process of self-discovery.
The emergence of aroma psychology is also excitingly new. It may take some of the mystique out of aromatherapy but it really is important to realize that there are alternate forms of therapy.
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