Final Exam Review Flashcards
How to Make a Perfume (Instructions)
1) Concept, strength, type
2) Fixative - Rosewood or Lavender
3) Blend oils then add alcohol (pure grain alcohol or vodka)
4) Store for 4-6 weeks.
Perfume Dilutions
Perfume: 15-20% essential oils, 80% alcohol, 5% distilled water
Cologne: 3-5% essential oils, 70% alcohol, 20-25% distilled water
Splash Cologne: 1-3% essential oils, 70-80% alcohol, 20-30% distilled water
Perfume Oil: Use jojoba oil and combine up to 50% essential oil to carrier oil (1ml vial = 10 drops of ea)
Who perfected the art of Aromatherapy?
Egyptians
What country made an important contribution to the study of plant medicine by classifying and indexing the knowledge they got from the Egyptians?
Greece
Who is credited with perfecting the art of distillation?
Avicenna
Commercial production of essential oils began in Grasse, France around
1530
Who is credited with coining the term, “aromatherapy”?
Rene Maurice Gattefosse
You can protect essential oils by
Storing them in a dark cool place
The time is takes for an essential oils to penetrate the skin varies by usually takes
20-70 minutes
Pimenta racemosa
West Indian Bay
Ociumum basilicum is effective for treating
Nervous debility, stress, depression
Which of the following is not a true essential oil?
Benzoin
What does photo-sensitive mean?
Can cause skin pigmentation when applied before exposure to sunlight
Bergamot oil is expressed from
From the peel of the fruit
Black Pepper oil is a rubefacient. This means the oil could
Cause redness to the skin, possibly irritation
To help with your studies, a good essential oil to use as a mental stimulant is
Bay
Piper nigrum is the botanical name for
Black Pepper
An essential oil that is hypertensive
Raises blood pressure
Using an emmenagogue essential oil will help with
Inducing and/or regulating your menstrual cycle
An essential oil that is mucolytic
Breaks down mucous
Which essential oil is recommended for treating epilepsy?
Basil
Dr. Palolo Rvesti, author of In Search of Perfumes Lost , researched
The use of citrus oils to treat depression
The most common extraction method of essential oils is
Steam distillation
With hydro-diffusion steam is produced
Above the plant material