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MAI<ING SCENTED
CANDLES
Rosevita Warda
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ISBN 1-4027-0080-6 tion in this book.
1. Candlemaking. 2. Essences and essential oils.
3-Aromatherapy. I Title
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My childhood years were spent in
Frankfurt, Germany. From there, I went on to
work as a journalist, crafts person, organic gar
dener/farmer, candlemaker and soapmaker,
mother, and businesswoman. I have lived in
various corners of the world and have enjoyed
the many different cultures and environments
that I have encountered. Through these
experiences, I have learned to appreciate gen
uine beauty- and to value the treasures
nature provides to support happiness and
well being.
"Delight Company," my first enterprise
in the U.S., started out offering soaps, candles,
and aromatherapy products over the Internet
(www.delightcompany.com). Delight Com
pany has since merged with Aromaland in
Santa Fe, New Mexico, where I currently work
as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. I am
proud to be a part of a company that is strong
ly committed to quality.
Learning the secrets of aromatherapy is
a valuable source of joy for me. The sensations
are thrilling; these precious plant essences
affect me on many different levels. It is also
enticing to know that there is always much
more to be learned and experienced! I strong
ly believe that only nature can take our lives
back to their roots and to natural well being.
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ................................. 9
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS ............... 1o
LIGHTEN UP ...................................... 32
Fl RE UP ............................................. 48
TURN ITON ...................................... 66
CELEBRATE ....................................... 78
NURTURE WITH NATURE ............. 96
GENTLE SCENTS ..............................1 12
METRIC TABLE ................................1 26
INDEX ...............................................1 2.7
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Scenting candles with essential oils system-part of the brain where memory, sub
is a very satisfying and rewarding craft. conscious knowledge, and our basic instincts
Aromatherapy, through handmade candles, reside. Because the olfactory nerves in the
enhances mood as well as adding a little cere nose are a direct extension of the brain's limbic
mony to your daily life. Since mankind has system, recognition of scent is relayed imme
taken possession of fire, we have used it in diately and influences our emotions directly,
powerful rituals to reconcile and soothe body, without control or censorship by mind or
soul, and mind. reason. Scent is the only sense that works
Fire fascinates us-soft at times and immediately, while taste, sound, sight, and
wild at other times. Humans, throughout time, touch are processed by the intellect. That is
have used the power of fire to add depth and why the natural aromas used in genuine
drama to ceremonies and celebrations. aromatherapy can be such powerful enhance
Candlelight can turn eating into dining, resting ments to our well being.
into meditation, and prayer into devotion. This book is intended for those of you
Making Scented Candles takes it one step fur who desire to be candle poets and scent artists,
ther by combining visual beauty with the in hopes that it will empower you to create a
experience of scents derived directly from unique expression of yourself. You will find
nature. Throughout time and cultures, scent that creating a handmade candle with
has been used to enhance moods and spiritual essential oil blends is a special act and has sig
experiences. Of all our senses, the sense of nificant value-given as a gift or burned in
smell is probably the closest to the soul. your own space.
Aromas are directly transmitted to the limbic
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