East Meets West At Aroma Summit In China
The first International Organization of the Aroma Industry Summit was held in Shanghai, China on 22nd-24th October 2009, heralding a new chapter for aromatherapy . . .
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Quinessence Scoops Top Award!
As well as commemorating the arrival of Spring last month, we also celebrated picking up our latest award at the Natural Health magazine Beauty Awards 2009! We were honoured and delighted that for the 5th year in succession, a product from our Aroma-botanicals® natural skin care range has won acclaim from the beauty experts at […]
Sandalwood Indian Dilution: Uses of Sandalwood in Aromatherapy
Sandalwood (Santalum album) is one of the oldest of all known aromatic materials and has a history that dates back over 4,000 years. Highly revered as a sacred fragrance by many religions around the world such as Buddhism and Hinduism, its wood has been used to make religious artifacts and fragrant incense for a vast […]
Aromatherapy Moisturising Bath Bombs
Although several customers had requested them recently, we were not entirely convinced that our range of Bath Bombs would prove to be very popular when we introduced them back in October. Boy, were we wrong! They have proven to be phenomenally successful, with our first stocks selling out within just 5 weeks, and during this […]
Quinessence Wins Best Day Cream Award
In the prestigious Natural Health and Beauty Awards 2008 held in March, Aroma-botanicals® Age Defying Cream has been voted the outright winner in the ‘Best Day Cream’ category. Quinessence had to fight off strong competition to pick up this exclusive accolade from the panel of beauty experts at Natural Health and Beauty Magazine, and their […]
IFPA Honorary Membership For Geoff Lyth
Quinessence Managing Director, Geoff Lyth, was awarded an Honourary Membership of the International Federation of Professional Aromatherapists (IFPA) at their 2007 Annual General Meeting in October. Each year the IFPA recognizes a few individuals in the industry who have made a significant, sustained contribution to aromatherapy by electing them as Honorary Members. This year the […]
Jasmine Oil Helps Promote Sleep
Research in 2002 helped to confirm the long held belief of aromatherapists that jasmine oil is a powerful relaxant that works as an effective aid to promoting restful sleep. The researcher, Dr Bryan Raudenbush, explained that the purpose of the study was specifically to investigate some of the beliefs behind aromatherapy. Raudenbush and his colleagues […]
Essential Oils Could Replace Meat Preservatives
Researchers at the University of Extremadura in Spain have found that the essential oils sage and rosemary could slow oxidative spoilage of meat better than synthetic antioxidants butylhydroxyanisole (BHA) and butylhydroxytoluene (BHT). “The results of my research support the idea that new food ingredients from plant kingdom are of interest for the meat industry,” lead […]
