How to Blend Essential Oils for Healing and Aromatherapy
Posted: Sunday, November 02, 2008
by Rebecca Park Totilo
Rebecca at the Well & Heal With Essential Oils
blending your own fragrances
Creating your own fragrance or blend using your biblical essential oils will be one of your most satisfying aspects in using your oils. Whether your blend is for therapeutic purpose or merely for its wonderful aroma, you will be practicing the art of the apothecary and acting as priest of your body, which is the temple of the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 6:19 says, "What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?" Certainly, the responsibility of the care and health of your body belongs to you and not to a doctor or another individual.
You will also want to make sure the essential oils you choose for your blend won't contradict the effect you desire. For instance, if you are creating a blend to enhance deep sleep, you want to avoid using oils that spark energy (such as Cypress), keeping you alert and awake.
The aromatic description listed under each biblical oil, along with its use, will help you get started. For more information, there are several books available online and at your local bookstore that can provide you with greater detail and information on how to use and blend oils. It will be worth the investment to get several resources and have them on hand for these last days!
therapeutic blending
Creating a blend of essential oils for therapeutic properties will aid you with physical and emotional conditions. Your focus will be more on the healing benefits of the oil rather than its aroma-although the aroma of your blend will bring more desirable results when it is something you enjoy using!
Follow these simple steps to help you get started:
1. Pray and ask the Father for His guidance and direction as you create your formula. This blend will be uniquely yours and He will use these oils to reach into the deepest areas of your body, soul, and spirit!
2. Have a notebook and pencil handy to write down the formula. (Trust me, you will forget how many drops you used of each oil if you don't do this!) Write down how many drops of each fragrance you use, so you will know the final formula of your blend and can duplicate it later. Give your fragrance a name.
3. Using an empty, clean bottle, start small-use only 5 to 10 drops. This way, if you end up not liking the blend you have created, you won't have wasted too much.
4. Don't add your carrier oil until you have finished blending your essential oils. Once you have designed your blend, you can add your favorite carrier oil. This way you don't waste the carrier oil if you end up not liking the aroma you created. Shake well to mix and let set for a day or two to breathe.
5. Add a label to your bottle with your fragrance name.
aromatic blending
Blending fragrant oils for their aroma can be very satisfying while still receiving therapeutic benefits. However, your focus will be on the aroma of your blend instead of its healing properties.
Essential oils are categorized in groups according to their aromas as follows:
Floral
Earthy
Woodsy
Herbaceous
Minty
Medicinal
Spicy
Oriental
Citrus
All categories can be mixed together, although some categories blend well together. For instance, spicy and oriental oils blend well with floral and citrus oils; citrus, woodsy, and herbaceous oils blend well with minty oils; and woodsy blends well with all categories.
orchestrating your blend
Imagine your fragrant blend is a musical composition and you are writing a masterpiece. This is how a famous perfumer, Septimus Piesse, described it. Fragrant oils and their odors have been compared to sounds or musical notes. Just like a musical scale, going from the first or lowest note to last or highest note, the heavy smell goes to the sharpest smell.
Because oils evaporate at different rates, the aroma of a blend will change as time passes. Oils that evaporate the fastest-within 1-2 hours-are called "top notes." Oils that evaporate within 2-4 hours are called "middle notes." Oils that last the longest are known as "base notes."
In order to create a wonderful aroma of fragrant oils known as a "bouquet," you will have to stay in tune by finding the right note in an odor, as well as finding notes strike a chord and harmonize well together.
top notes
Galbanum
Myrtle
Cassia
middle notes
Cinnamon
Cypress
Hyssop
base notes
Rose of Sharon
Onycha
Cedarwood
Frankincense
Myrrh
Sandalwood
Aloes
Spikenard
Follow these steps to help you get started:
1. Pray and ask the Father for His guidance and direction as you create your formula. This blend will be uniquely yours and serve as a sweet savor and fragrance to the Father. Each of these oils represents a spiritual characteristic and attribute we need to obtain in order to be the Bride of Messiah. Study each one and see what the Creator is teaching you through these biblical oils.
2. Have a notebook and pencil handy to write down the formula. (As I mentioned before, you will forget how many drops you used of each oil if you don't do this!) Write down how many drops of each fragrance you use, so you will know the final formula of your blend and can duplicate it later. Give your fragrance a name.
3. Before actually blending your oils together, you may want to experiment by placing one drop of each fragrance on a separate cotton swab and fanning together beneath your nose to get an idea of what your fragrance will smell like. (You may also be able to get an idea of what it will smell like by just opening the cap on each of your chosen oils and placing close together to smell.)
4. Use a clean, dark, empty glass bottle for blending your formula. Add your essential oil one drop at a time using a plastic pipette (dropper). Follow this simple formula when blending your fragrance (blending your own perfume is never an exact science, so these are approximates): 30% top notes, 50% middle notes, and 20% base notes.
5. Once you are happy with your formula, mix well and add carrier oil. For a 10% dilution, add one drop of essential blend to 10 drops of carrier oil. (For example, a one-ounce bottle of anointing oil with a 10% dilution will contain 27 ml of carrier oil and 3 ml of essential oil blend.) Allow blend to set for a day or two, so the aroma will form and round out a bit. If you are not happy with your blend, you may want to add a few more drops of one or more of the essential oils you chose in order to find the right combination.
6. Pray over your oil and ask the Father to bless it! Allow Him to direct you in how it is to be used. Be sure to store in a cool, dark place until ready to use.
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