Aromatherapy Fragrance

When we smell, aroma enters our nose and comes in contact with fine hair inside the nose lining “cilia”.



Smells are converted into electrical impulses by cilia and are transmitted to the brain through the olfactory system. These impulses reach the limbic system (part of the brain), which is associated with learning, memory, moods and emotions. All the smells that reach the limbic system has a direct chemical effect on our mood.



For example, when we smell jasmine beta waves in the brain increases, which is associated with agile and alert state. 

Our nose is capable of distinguishing one lakh smells. Among them many affect us without our knowledge.The essential oils take anything between few seconds and two hours to enter the skin and within Four hours they are thrown out either in the form of urine, excreta or perspiration.

Recent studies of brain have shown that lavender smell increases the alpha waves at the back of the head thus relaxing us. Jasmine odour increases the occurrence of beta waves in the brain, thereby making us more alert.



It is a well known fact that different aromatherapy fragrances impact our sense of well being. Research has indicated that the loss of sense of smell has led to a life of anxiety, depression and host of other psychiatric problems. The aromatherapy fragrances enter through cilia which are the fine hairs lining the nose and go to the limbic system which is the part of the brain affecting moods, emotions, memory and learning.

Research has shown the presence of certain chemicals in the aromatherapy fragrances that have a great impact on the mind and body. Their chemical composition is complex but usually they are a mixture of alcohols, ketones, aldehydes , esters and terpenes. Each essential oil contains 100 or more chemicals and together they have shown to have a great influence on the person.



The effect of each aromatherapy fragrance depends on the most predominant chemical present in it and hence different oils react in the different way. Some oils are relaxing, some are energizing while others are healing. Some oils like lemon and lavender understand your body’s needs and adapt accordingly.



These types of oils are known as adaptogenic. These aromatic fragrances enter the body by inhalation or absorption but do not harm our body in any way.

A Japanese company dealing in fragrance conducted an experiment where the keyboards of the data entry operators were kept and the air was sprayed with aromatherapy fragrances. They found out that when the air was sprayed with a relaxing fragrance like lavender, the mistakes reduced by 20%. When the air was sprayed with the uplifting fragrance of jasmine, the mistakes went down by 33% and by 54% when the sharp, refreshing smell of lemon was sprayed. This proved that there is a deep relationship between the smells and our feelings. This gave rise to usage of aromatherapy as a mood refresher, healer and energizer without any undue side effects.