Aromatic Botanicals
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 Botanicals and find the origins of these essences in Flowers, Leaves, Fruits, Resins, Seeds, Woods and Roots. Begin with a plant part that’s familiar, such as Flowers or Fruits. All are treasured 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 Botanicals 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 botanical 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 …
Aromas of Leaves
Leaves have bright, bold aromas, providing clarity of purpose and positivity. Read more
Aromas of Resins
Inspiring for those with mystical leanings, who look beyond space and time to transcendence. Read more, here.
Aromas of 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
Aromas of 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.
Aromas of Seeds
Seeds promote release and self-expression! They carry nutrients from the mother plant, so they are very rich sources of life. Read more.
Aromas of 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.