Scents & Scentuality: Essential Oils & Aromatherapy for Romance, Love, and Sex

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Summary: A useful guide for more advanced work
Review: I agree that there should be warnings about a few of the oils mentioned in this book. That aside, it is well worth getting if you are more experienced and know something about the oils already. It is full of many ideas and recipes specific to romantic and sexual aromatherapy, and would help complete that area of your library. I recommend it not as a basic, but as something more in depth.

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Summary: A useful guide for more advanced work
Review: I agree that there should be warnings about a few of the oils mentioned in this book. That aside, it is well worth getting if you are more experienced and know something about the oils already. It is full of many ideas and recipes specific to romantic and sexual aromatherapy, and would help complete that area of your library. I recommend it not as a basic, but as something more in depth.

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Summary: The romance of fragrance
Review: The author examines the powerful sense of smell and shows how pure essential oils of nature can enhance the pleasures of daily life, with emphasis on the romantic side of life. The chapters discuss questions like What are essential oils? How to use them, The scentuous woman, The scentuous man and Synergistic blends of oils, among others. The text includes many tables of oils suitable to various body types and hair colours as well as tables recommending the right oils for a variety of conditions including tension, stress, anxiety and depression. This is quite an authoritative book on essential oils and their applications with a beautifully illustrated text. An extensive bibliography and index round off this valuable contribution to the literature on the therapeutic uses of fragrance. Definitely a must for aromatherapists and for practitioners of alternative medicine.

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Summary: Where's the safety info?
Review: Valerie Worwood has put together another great aromatherapy source. Focusing on love, romance and sensuality this is another "must have" for your aromatherapy library. Great information on how essential oils work, affect our emotions, and horomone release.

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Summary: Where's the safety info?
Review: Why is there no safety data in this book? I realize that different "experts" in any given field can disagree slightly. However, I saw at least 3 essential oils mentioned in this book that were listed as toxic in one of my other books. She never even mentioned the possibility that these oils weren't safe. I expect "experts" to at least let me know that an oil is considered questionable by others so that I can make an informed decision for myself.