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ISBN 8882335100
€ 12,90
192 pp.
con foto a colori
Edizioni F A G
collana Natural LifeStyle |
From essential oils to homemade perfumes
Perfumes have a deep influence on our life. As we look back on exciting experiences and moving memories, it is not surprising to notice how closely our mental images of the past are often associated with a special aroma, a fragrance, a perfumed trail.
Aromi, profumi e balsami naturali, by Patrizia Garzena and Marina Tadiello, opens the doors to a perfumed universe, where readers are lead step after step to discover the fascinating and extraordinary world of essential oils: excellently unique essences, extracted from flowers and plants through age-old techniques.
Together with topical suggestions and technical reference data to encourage responsible choices of ethically produced plant essences, the book describes how to prepare and use 150 essential oil blends to complement skin care applications, improve our mental wellbeing and scent our living spaces at home, at work and on holiday.
The formulas for essential oil blends are complemented by the fundamentals of natural cosmetics and detailed step-by-step recipes for perfumed balms and lotions. A whole chapter is dedicated to the art of making perfumes, with recipes and suggestions for all kinds of personal fragrances, including eau de cologne, eau de toilette, deodorant sprays and after-shave lotions.
The book, which successfully manages to deal with more complex scientific information in an easy to read, entertaining and captivating manner, expresses a novel approach to a topic that is only apparently "light", and introduces a concept that is too often overlooked in our wasteful consumer society: that of temperance... even in luxury!