375 Essential Oils and Hydrosols by Jeanne Rose
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Book Reviews of 375 Essential Oils and Hydrosols
Book Review: excellent reference
Summary: 4 Stars
This is an excellent, cost-effective, professional-quality reference book for lay people just starting to explore the world of aromatherapy. Ms. Rose includes sections on latin names and botanical classifications, which are very helpful in understanding the provenance of the oils in the book.
The Guide itself is a pretty exhaustive list of oils, and includes the chemical components of each oil as well as descriptions of the oil's appearance and smell. Ms. Rose does not waste our money with full-page color plates of plants most of us are unlikely to ever see!
I also highly recommend Kurt Shnaubelt's "Advanced Aromatherapy" as a companion volume to this book. Dr. Schnaubelt explains more of the chemistry behind the oils and includes some safety information that is sadly lacking from Ms. Rose's book. Like one of the reviewers of one of her other books, I downgraded a star because of safety information that I felt was either incomplete or conflicted with other professional sources I have researched.
I also recommend Prima Fleur Oils, mentioned in her "sources" section, as an ethical and fairly-priced Essential Oil supplier. These days, everyone is selling essential oils and it's hard to know what kind of product you're getting. These guys are the real deal.
Book Review: Love it!
Summary: 4 Stars
I love this book! It's a great reference guide to oils and hydrosols that a common and those not so common. If you're looking for a read, this is not the book for you, but as a reference for your applications, it's perfect.Book Review: So so needed more info
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a book for those who just want a little bit of info. It was a good starter book but I couldn't go very far with it.Book Review: Not what I was looking for
Summary: 2 Stars
I was disappointed with this book. I was looking for a book which would give in-depth discussion of the fragrances of various essential oils and perhaps some guidance as to how they can be combined to create new fragrances both for perfumery and aromatherapy purposes. But this book has relatively little on these subjects. If you want brief listings on many essential oils giving: name of plant, family of plant, growth habit, chemical components, aroumatherapy uses, and scent - a lot of information but presented only briefly and not in depth - then you might like the book. I should have been more careful (and used the 'look inside the book' feature) before ordering it and discovering that it wasn't suitable for my purposes.Book Review: Not what I was looking for. It had a lot of information that I did not need.
Summary: 2 Stars
I ususally like this authors books. This book I will probably never use. It had information that I do not need. I like hands on books with informtion, recipes, beauty, health. I like a bit of everything. I did not like this book for myself.
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