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Renata Sampaio: “It made me understand what truly happens when you use essential oils.”
The Tisserand Institute is not just its tutors and core team, but also an incredible body of passionate students who come from all over the world. We want to give them the floor to share their stories and their experience with us. Renata Sampaio is a Portuguese...
Dilution for essential oils
With thanks to Hana Tisserand for her input. You probably know that most authorities advise dilution of essential oils before use, especially if applying to the skin. There are many reasons to dilute, and we will go through them here, along with an explanation for...
Michael Leon on Olfactory Enrichment and Aromatherapy
When reading research papers we have realized that very often there is a gap, sometimes even a chasm, between how scientists understand the use of essential oils and how the oils are actually used. To address this we wanted to communicate directly with the researchers...
Mosquitoes and essential oils – all you need to know
“If you feel like you are insignificant, try spending a night with a mosquito in the room.” ~various They are hard to avoid, in nature and in the news, and they are a cause of annoyance at best, and of a serious health caution at worst. Mosquitoes, or to be more...
Caron Della Flora: “I just felt like going to Tisserand just opened up so many possibilities for me that I didn’t even know existed.”
The Tisserand Institute is not just its tutors and core team, but also an incredible body of passionate students who come from all over the world. We want to give them the floor to share their stories and their experience with us. Caron Della Flora is one of those...
Phototoxicity: essential oils, sun and safety
Photoxicity from essential oils is one of the most predictable and incontestable toxic reactions. So much so that even those who tried so hard to tell us that allergic reactions to essential oils were impossible, and were in fact signs of detoxification (they are...
Margaret Pawlaczyk-Karlinski: “For me, the courses that are provided by Tisserand Institute are just the source that I can trust. “
The Tisserand Institute is not just its tutors and core team, but also an incredible body of passionate students who come from all over the world. We want to give them the floor to share their stories and their experience with us. Margaret Pawlaczyk-Karlinski is a...
Carolyn Song: “There was this whole new world spread in front of me that I never have even imagined before.”
The Tisserand Institute is made up not just of our tutors and core team, but also an incredible body of passionate students who come from all over the world. We want to give them the floor to share their stories and their experience with us. Even if she does not (yet)...
Immortelle oil – to coagulate or not to coagulate?
I know I am not the only one puzzled by two seemingly contradictory properties that are claimed for Immortelle oil (Helichrysum italicum). Side note: you may know this as Helichrysum oil, but I am averse to co-opting a botanical name when there are several really...
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