Guide

"The individual who wants to reach the top in business (or anything) must appreciate the might of the force of habit--and must understand that practices are what creates habits. He must be quick to break those habits that can break him--and hasten those practices that will become the habits that help him achieve the success he desires." --from J. Paul Getty

I can't recall the reference but I remember reading a book on history and the author said something like 'the history of the world has been written in blood, sweat, tears and perfume.'

In the ancient world, spice was a commodity as valuable as silver or gold, a fantastical substance on which fortunes were made or lost. The Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans valued precious essences above all other material possessions.

In traditional religious ceremonies priests instruct …….?require their that when the practitioner prays they inhale the sacred fragrances that make them calm, give them courage, deepens their contemplation and most of all lifts them up from their ordinary worldly feelings and thoughts…….? It is even reported that in Exodus 30:34 God instructed Moses exactly how to make the precious three natural essences of cinnamon, myrrh, and frankincense from which was to be only used in temples. Likewise it is said the three kings ???

Just imagine it takes over three million hand-picked jasmine blossoms to make one pound of "absolute" and there are only thirty harvesting days in a year. I worked along side of a woman who was trying to show me how to coax this precious essence from the blooms and at the end of the day she had picked about 25 pounds of petals which is only enough to make a few precious drops of oil. The price we pay distillers for Egyptian Jasmine absolute is $700 ???

Bulgarian rose oil takes about 4,000 pounds of hand-picked petals to make 1 pound of commercial essential oil. We have paid as much as $2,500 for a pound of Bulgarian rose and $900 for a pound of Moroccan rose absolute.

Just owning these oils makes you as wealthy as the queen of England……or whoever. In the section Sustainable Savings we made a case for why we can offer you best quality (of organic essential oils) for less.

As you begin to buy from us and use our services you'll see this not only comes out of our sense of doing it because we want you to feel when you can get essential oils at a reasonable price then you can afford to integrate more EO's into your life style and gradually wean yourself from your favorite synthetics.

It's also because I'm personally obsessed with buying everything as inexpensively as possible. Some might say I'm a cheapskate but I prefer to feel about myself that a good way to have more money is to shop intelligently. Or as I like to tell myself it's more manly or womanly to shop shrewdly. I mean, it comes down to primitive hunter, or grower-gather instincts. If you were forced to hunt or grow (I'm sort of a vegan) your own food are you going to pick the juiciest, tastiest, biggest, perfectly ripe papaya or go for the skinny one. For intellectual support in this and some simple lifestyle changes that might get you a little more 'denaro' I refer you to books on our Reading List by ???

We feel we want you to be wealthy and as we have said before we felt we don't want to get wealthy off of you. We have found that one source of real wealth is owning and using as many essential oils as you like. In ancient times it was only possible for King's and Queens. Likewise, before we started this site mostly only celebrities or the well to do could afford to have their own signature perfume designed for them.

And the Skin & Hair section we will show you how to save big money. In simple steps, we will show you-no matter what your age, skin color or type, how to cut through the trendy hype, the newest miracle cure promotion, and product confusion to care for yourself. You will learn all the most recent scientific knowledge you need to begin the most effective daily beauty routine and select the products that would be best for you.

Likewise, in Home Spa we will show you leading-edge spa treatments that you would pay over $100 for that you can do in your own home for less than $5 per day. We do believe that if you do what you love, wealth will follow--and so because we love essential oils we have created this site.