Wintergreen: Cool's my name, cool's my game
What’s in a name? As we shiver through a cold snap and see in the beginning of winter, I thought it fitting to do this month’s blog on...
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Nature Nurture
- Feb 28
- 4 min
Yarrow, the healing herb of legends.
Blue yarrow truly is a beautiful essential oil. Its use dates back thousands of years – fossilised pollen of yarrow has been found in...
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Nature Nurture
- Jan 31
- 3 min
Cedarwood Atlas - Descended from the Gods
Native to the Atlas mountains of Morocco, it is thought the Cedarwood Atlas (cedrus atlantica) tree originated from the wild and majestic...
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Nature Nurture
- Oct 3, 2022
- 2 min
Sweet Orange
A member of the Rutaceae (citrus) family, the sweet orange Citrus sinensis (a hybrid of pomelo Citrus maxima and mandarin Citrus...
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Nature Nurture
- Sep 1, 2022
- 3 min
Queen Jasmine
No, I am not talking about a character from Aladdin! Rather the pretty flower from where the name originates. Known as Queen of The...
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Nature Nurture
- Jul 31, 2022
- 7 min
Bonnie Scotch Pine
Like the stiff dram from the same country, the Scotch Pine tree is native to Scotland – found in the ancient, old-growth Caledonian pine...
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Nature Nurture
- Apr 3, 2022
- 6 min
The Spices of Antiquity
Although herbs and spices go together like peas and carrots, they could not be more different from each other in terms of their place in...
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Nature Nurture
- Feb 28, 2022
- 3 min
Rosemary, Dew of the Sea
Many herbs have a place in magical folklore, going back through the ages - and Rosemary is no exception. As with several of the herbs...
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Nature Nurture
- Oct 3, 2021
- 5 min
Ylang! Ylang!
The Ylang ylang (Cananga odorata) tree is also known as the perfume tree, and with very good reason. Worwood states that the heady,...
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Nature Nurture
- Aug 30, 2021
- 3 min
Purple Haze Patchouli
Nobody who was alive in the sixties and seventies would be unfamiliar with the scent of patchouli oil. Utilised partly for nefarious...
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Nature Nurture
- Jul 30, 2021
- 5 min
Cinnamon Spice and all things... fights?
All spices were considered highly valuable throughout antiquity, having their own specific road and sea transport routes across the...
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Nature Nurture
- Apr 25, 2021
- 3 min
Lovely Lavender
Lavender is often called the 'mother' of essential oils, and it is no wonder - there is seemingly nothing that lavender oil can't fix. A...
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Nature Nurture
- Mar 30, 2021
- 3 min
Eternal Myrrh
You don't get oils much more steeped in religious and spiritual history than resin oils, and Myrrh is prime amongst them. Used since...
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Nature Nurture
- Feb 28, 2021
- 3 min
Juniper 'Berry'...
...is NOT, in fact, a berry, but a round-shaped fleshy cone, which takes 2-3 years to ripen into the beautiful blue/black colour it is...
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Nature Nurture
- Jan 31, 2021
- 4 min
Would a Rose by any other name...
There is no more ultimate, or well-known symbol of love than the rose, the Queen of Flowers. The letters of the word 'rose' can even be...
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Nature Nurture
- Jul 2, 2020
- 3 min
Bergamot, A Bottle Full Of Sunshine
If ever you could put sunshine in a bottle, Bergamot oil would be it. Robbie Zeck says "Bergamot brings a sunny, effervescent quality to...
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Nature Nurture
- Apr 16, 2020
- 3 min
Noble Laurel
I think the oils I love most are the ones steeped in history, and Bay Laurel certainly has rather lofty historical connections! And so to...
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Nature Nurture
- Feb 25, 2020
- 6 min
Benign Basil?!
As promised in my last blog, I just have to share this observation I found from Nicholas Culpeper - I will be referring to him a lot as...
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Nature Nurture
- Jan 27, 2020
- 1 min
Introduction to my Essential Aroma-Blog
I will be writing a series of blogs on the essential oils supplied by Essential Therapeutics, as well as future products which will be...
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Nature Nurture
- Jan 20, 2020
- 4 min
Angelica Archangelica
I find Angelica to be a truly remarkable oil, steeped in medieval history, yet not as commonly used today as it could be. In this blog...
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