8 essential oils to enhance your mood
Discover the healing power of oils.
Liz Nowosad discovers the mood-enhancing properties of perfume and the mystery surrounding this ancient art of enfleurage.
Influence your mood with the following essential oils:
- Alertness: Basil, bergamot, black pepper, grapefruit, peppermint, rosemary.
- Assertiveness: Basil, cedarwood, frankincense, ylang ylang, lime.
- Concentration: Lemon, basil, lemongrass, rosemary, frankincense, chamomile.
- Confidence: Cypress, fennel, ginger, grapefruit, jasmine, orange, pine.
- Contentment: Cypress, lavender, bergamot, orange, sandalwood, cloves, ylang ylang.
- Creativity: Bergamot, lemon, frankincense, neroli, rose, jasmine, cloves.
- Focus: Thyme, lemon, fennel, bergamot, basil, cypress, cinnamon.
- Happiness: Orange, rose, jasmine, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, geranium.
- Joy: Sandalwood, frankincense, lemon, petitgrain, orange, bergamot.
- Peace: Chamomile Roman, neroli, juniper, frankincense, Melissa, yarrow.
- Performance: Bay, bergamot, frankincense, lemon, grapefruit, lavender, jasmine.
- PositivITY: Basil, lemon, grapefruit, myrrh, patchouli, geranium, frankincense.
- Restfulness: Lavender, geranium, clary sage, neroli, sandalwood.
- Self-awareness: Cypress, clary sage, jasmine, coriander, cloves, sandalwood.
- Self-esteem: Jasmine, geranium, cedarwood, sandalwood.
- Self-image: Orange, lavender, Melissa, neroli, jasmine, sandalwood, bay, pine, nutmeg.