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Setting the Mood with Natural Aroma Therapy

If you’ve ever sold a house, a standard piece of advice from your realtor is to bake cookies just prior to the open house.  Why?  Because the aroma of baked goods (i.e. cinnamon, caramelized sugar, vanilla, etc.) reminds people of home. Grocery stores will sometimes waft the fragrances from the bread baking in the bakery …

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Using Lavender Essential Oils in the Treatment of Burns

Distilling Lavender Essential Oil

Over the past several decades a number of scientific papers have been published detailing the various beneficial uses of the essential oil of lavender.  Going all the way back to the pre-Christian era in Europe, early physicians were describing the use of lavender for its calming and anti-convulsive properties. During the middle ages, one of …

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Why is some honey “set” and some honey “runny?”

Honey on spoon

People often ask us if Monte-Bellaria honey—which is sometimes dense and semi-crystalized—has “gone bad.”  The answer is definitely NO!  It is, in fact a sign that the honey that you’ve purchased is pure, raw honey. We’ve discussed before that raw honey is unprocessed.  In particularly this means that the honey: Contains many of the natural …

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Olive Oil Lowers Risk of Dementia and Alzheimer’s

Monte-Bellaria Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Recently there was more evidence from a study at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, that Extra Virgin Olive Oil has demonstrable health benefits.  We’ve heard for years that the “Mediterranean Diet” is linked to longevity, lower heart disease, lower incidence of diabetes, and weight control.  But now we see that a …

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How to Make Lavender Perfumes and Cologne

Lavender essential oil and lavender herb

Our customers frequently ask about using lavender essential oils for perfumes and colognes.  It’s a very simple process and it’s easy to create your own distinctive fragrance that won’t be overpowering. So one of the first questions is what is the difference between perfume and cologne?  The simplest answer is that a perfume can contain …

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Lavender is an Ideal Freshening Fragrance: Strong then Gone

Lavender Essential Oil

An interesting characteristic of the lavender fragrance is that it can quickly freshen the home environment without producing a long-lasting overpowering scent.  You’ve probably been in a room where someone is using some type of freshener (room spray, plug-ins, candles, incense, etc.) that never quits.  (Think of the ubiquitous bayberry or vanilla candles around the …

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