For Christmas 2013 my little sister bought me this beautiful handmade note book made with recycled paper which she got in a shop in Brighton and until now I hadn't known what to use it for. I think it's the perfect partner for my EO's and I have started documenting the oils I have so far and the components of the recipes I've tried in the hope that one day one of the recipes will work!
A couple of months ago I downloaded The Encyclopedia of Essential Oils book onto my kindle, it is a great resource for anyone interested in EO's it has a comprehensive list of EO's with their general uses, principal constituents and latin names. It also tells you about the history of oils their various extractions methods tips on 'creative blending' and much more. My only disappointment was although they talk about the different 'notes' of oils, being Top, Top/Middle, Middle and Base in earlier chapters it doesn't classify the oils in the oils section. The 'note' of the oil is important when you are blending. As I understand it a top note is the first aroma you smell in a blend but fades leaving you with the base note which comes through last and the middle note oil pulls them all together in a blend. That's a rough interpretation remember it's my first month! lol.
I have been purchasing a lot of oils from a local company Calmer Solutions Ltd they have an A-Z of the oils they sell on their site with lots of information on the components of the oil and what they are used for AND they tell you whether they are Top, Top/Middle, Middle or Base notes, which I think being new to the scene is immensely helpful. Their prices are really reasonable and their oils are 100% essential oils I would thoroughly recommend them. I think I may be their biggest customer this month! Gulp!
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