Aromatherapy is the use of plant oils including essential oils for psychological and physical well-being.

The Egyptians made a crude distillation machine to enable them to extract cedar wood oil. Aromatherapy dates back thousands of years, although the word Aromatherapy was only introduced in the 20th century by René-Maurice Gattefossé, a French chemist, when he became interested in the use of essential oils for medicinal use.

Oils of cedar wood, clove, nutmeg myrrh and cinnamon were used by the Egyptians to embalm the dead. Even after many centuries when a tomb was opened a faint scent of the herbs and oils used for embalming was still apparent.

The use of essential oils never stopped but the scientific revolution minimized the popularity and use of essential oils in everyday life.

Today we use these essential oils and bath salts to put into our bath water so we can soak and relax while inhaling all the essence of the oils or scented candles which

creates a calming atmosphere.

Everyone should take the time at least once a week to pamper and free themselves from the cares of the world even for an hour.