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Simple Air Freshener  4 drops essential oil of white thyme6 drops essential oil of tea tree8 drops essential oil of clove2 teaspoons 190-proof alcohol    Filtered or distilled water 1. In a glass measuring cup, stir the oils into the alcohol. If the oils do not dissolve in the alcohol completely, add another teaspoon of alcohol. Add water to the 1/2-cup line. Pour the solution into a glass bottle with a spray nozzle. 2. To use, spray into the air, avoiding people’s faces. 

m highest concentration of oils to least, the differnt forms of perfume are: Perfume, also called extract or extrait perfume, can include 15-40% essential oils. This is the purest form of scented product and is the most expensive as a result. Eau de parfum contains about 7-15% essential oils. This is the most popular and common form of perfume. It provides a long-lasting fragrance and generally doesn't cost as much as extract perfume. Eau de toilette has around 1-6% essential oils. This makes for a light scent that doesn't linger as long as the more intense versions. It was originally intended to be a refreshing body splash to help people wake up in the morning. Eau de cologne is sometimes used interchangeably with the term eau de toilette. However, the concoction began as the name of a light, fresh fragrance mixed with citrus oils and was made popular by Napoleon. Some perfumers today have a version of this called eau fraiche.

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We enjoy essential oils not only as vehicles of various grades of therapeutic activity. We believe that essential oils are also messengers from the cultures from which they originate, and that they also embody the relations that people have developed with their healing herbs. For us at OSA this means that while it is certainly desirable to cultivate Lavender in as many places as possible there is also an allure and magic to the Fine Lavender from Provence that the globalized transplants rarely match.