Aromas from Plant Parts
The Botanicals of Aromatherapy are ancient. Just as all plants have a means to protect themselves against invasion by insects and animals, aromatic plants create and store protective essences in their leaves, barks, fruit peels, resins, etc. And they’ve perfected this art of self-defense through millennia.
Look at the Plant Parts — Flowers, Leaves, Fruits, Resins, Seeds, Woods and Roots — for the origins of these essences. Begin with the plant part that looks familiar, such as Flowers or Fruits. Each plant part is so precious in Aromatherapy, Perfumery, and the Cuisine Arts of all cultures.
Connect with ancient lineages that humans and plants share. Become familiar with aromatic plants, their habitats and ways humans include them in ritual and medicinal practices.
Explore the Plant Parts as they appeal to you, or choose one that looks familiar. Click on a blue square below for a Flower, Leaf, Fruit, Resin, Seed, Wood or Root — you’ll find a plant part that gives us aromas, contributes to perfumes or incense, or is a spice in our kitchens!
Plant Essences & Essential Oils
Plant essences are a natural product of extraction from flowers, fruits, leaves, resins, roots, seeds, woods. Read more …
Plant Parts: the Leaves
Leaves have bright, bold aromas, providing clarity of purpose and positivity. Read more
Plant Parts: the Resins
Inspiring for those with mystical leanings, who look beyond space and time to transcendence. Read more, here.
Plant Parts: the Flowers
Looking for a flower and want to find out everything about it? Floral aromas have many qualities they pass on to us. One of these is creativity. Read more
Plant Parts: the Roots
Roots anchor a plant, find moisture to satisfy its thirst, and send and receive messages from nearby plants. Root essences are nurturing for us. Read more.
Plant Parts: the Seeds
Seeds promote release and self-expression! They carry nutrients from the mother plant, so they are very rich sources of life. Read more.
Plant Parts: the Wood
Wood is strong, flexible, and consistent. Wood supports the capacity to thrive that the plant has in its leaves, flowers, seeds, fruits, and roots. Wood is the defender. Read more on this page.