Ebook: Listening to Scent: an Olfactory Journey with Aromatic Plants and Their Extracts

Listening to Scent: An Olfactory Journey withAromatic Plants and Their Extracts; Acknowledgements; Part I Listening to Scent; 1 Why Cultivate Your Sense of Smell?; 2 The Language of Scent; 3 Our Olfactory System and its Connections; 4 Olfactory Sensitivity and Perception; 5 Discrimination; 6 Olfactory Memory and the Reasoning Processes; 7 The First Steps; 8 How to Conduct Sensory Exercises; 9 Odour Families, Types and Characteristics; 10 The Next Steps: Identification and Discrimination; 11 Creative Blending; 12 In the Spirit of Koh-do; 13 Reflections on the Olfactory Journey.;This imaginative book offers aromatherapy students and practitioners, as well as anyone interested in developing their olfactory palate, a unique and enjoyable way of acquiring and developing essential skills, such as olfactory vocabulary, awareness and discrimination. It also includes scent profiles for expanded practice.