Smell is an evolutionary, biological protection mechanism. We feel, we respond—before the thinking can interfere. The immediate reaction to a repeated scent is, at its core, telling you whether the environment, the substance, or conditions, are safe or dangerous. And it prepares your body to act accordingly. This function can be used as a therapeutic tool when you have systems for this in place.

When creating a skin serum there are several pressed oils that make the magic, supporting the lipid barrier, stimulating collagen production, and protecting from UV and oxidative damage. Some of these oils have increased concentration when extracted using supercritical carbon dioxide (CO₂).

These concentrated lipids harmonize well with the stratum corneum. They fill in and mimic the feel and support of the lipid barrier, restore flexibility, seals micro-cracks, and slow the chain reaction that eats collagen.

Every time I see a new trend headline—functional fragrance, bioactive, neurocosmetics—I get a hit of déjà vu. But, no, it’s just somebody giving a clever name to something I, and many other plant-based therapists, have been doing for decades.

They call it innovation. The innovation is in the marketers giving new names to something already known.

For years, essential oils have been described in terms of absorption. How they penetrate the skin, and can quickly enter the bloodstream. Not only is that information misguided, but that framework misses the true mechanism behind their most immediate and effective actions.

One of the key elements in the Holistic Essential Oil Triad is metaphysics. And honestly, I don’t always know what that means. That’s the point. Metaphysics in this context gets the nickname “the I don’t know” category. It refers to the therapeutic effects of essential oils that aren’t fully understood. There are times when something just works—physically, emotionally, energetically—and no one can explain why. That “I don’t know, but it works” space is often where the metaphysical lives.

A trend has a way of turning a real practice into a mediocre pitch.

It masks the life of something that was already working, long before it had a name.

From the start, I recognized how essential oils influenced the nervous system. This was well documented in clinical aromatherapy. What began as observation became a deeper exploration into scent science. I saw how smell altered behavior, shifted physiology, and brought the nervous system into balance.

Plant-based essential oil skin care didn’t just treat the surface. It supported the nervous system and transformed the entire experience.

Emotion is at the heart of wellness.

Positive emotions create meaningful connections that elevate the entire spa experience.

Scent plays a major role, deeply tied to how we feel and what we remember.

Essential oils take it further, holistically binding scent and emotion with their therapeutic properties.

This scent-emotion bond becomes an integral part of the wellness experience—and the memory.

Essential oils are complex mixtures of chemical compounds that interact synergistically, influencing emotions, physical responses, and energetic balance all at once. The Holistic Essential Oil Triad™—Olfactory, Pharmacology, and Metaphysical—offers a clear framework for creating blends that support emotional well-being, physical health, and energetic harmony. This integrated approach brings depth and purpose to essential oil therapy, making blends more effective and meaningful.

Using natural skin care products and organic skin care products, is a growing desire for most people. You want skin care that is effective, safe to use and good for the environment. There are many natural products in the marketplace and an increasing amount being sold as organic.

I woke in a dream state the morning after my mother died in 2011. I was composing a fragrance, focused and alert within dream-state consciousness. An aromatic composition that was my mother. This dream-work was vivid to the point where I couldn’t, didn’t want to, let it go. I hopped out of bed and went to my space to create the formula.