Transitioning into Winter

We had our last market yesterday; the Boulder County Farmers Market Holiday Market. I readily let out a big sigh of relief when markets end. Its hard work packing things up every Friday and then getting up early every Saturday to set up at Farmers Market. However....

Scent Entertainment

This Saturday night we had an interesting event at the Colorado Aromatics Store. Entertainer Sharon Glassman and I partnered to pair our aromatic waters with songs from her Blame it on Hoboken book. This is an overview of those pairings.Scentertainment with Sharon...

Monoterpenes: Essence of a Cancer Cure

By Cindy L.A. Jones, Ph.D. Essential oils, the highly concentrated volatile, aromatic essences of plants, are a mainstay of aromatherapy but are also used in flavoring, perfumes and even as solvents. Researchers now think that two components of orange oil and lavender...

2012 Conferences in Review

Christine Teeple, Sarah Richards, Cindy JonesAnn Harmon, Cindy JonesGeorge Wahl at the Colorado Aromatics Booth at the Lavender FestivalDr. Cindy Jones talking on Biochemistry 101 at the SCC meetingBefore we get too far into 2013 I want to review some conferences...

Lavender Tulsi Mojito

One day last week I had some snags and I was feeling stressed, looking for herbs to ‘destress’. Of course I thought of lavender first, but then I remembered Tulsi, or Holy Basil. This herb is phenomenal and I typically make a tincture of it from...