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Incense as Medicine

Aromatherapy
Aromatic Recipes
Incense as Medicine
Topical Medicine
November 29, 20215Comments

Holiday Spices: Warming, Uplifting Medicines for Cold Winter Months

Bring Warmth To Your Holiday Season With Aromatic Kitchen Spices Fall and winter are the time to get cozy, nourish yourself with warmth, and support your body through the changing seasons. Warming
by NW School of Aromatic Medicine
Aromatherapy
Incense as Medicine
May 26, 20200Comments

Aromatics & Incense for Times of Pandemic

What's the most universal thing people have looked to for thousands of years during times of pandemic and infectious disease outbreak? It's not hand sanitizer or Clorox wipes, though those
by NW School of Aromatic Medicine
Alchemy
Incense as Medicine
February 1, 20200Comments

“How much of an herb do I give?” A discussion on dosage of medicinal plants

A Guest Blog by Sajah Popham, founder of The School of Evolutionary Herbalism From a single drop to 5 mL of tincture or 1 tsp to 5 grams for a cup
by NW School of Aromatic Medicine
Aromatherapy
Ayurveda
Incense as Medicine
January 30, 20200Comments

The Ancient Indian Philosophy of Aroma & Incense, Part II

In my last blog, The Ancient Indian Philosophy of Aroma & Incense, Part I, I spoke about the beautiful tradition of healing plant smoke, Dhumapana, and the many used of
by NW School of Aromatic Medicine
Aromatherapy
Ayurveda
Incense as Medicine
January 24, 20200Comments

The Ancient Indian Philosophy of Aroma & Incense, Part I

Ayurveda, The Science of Life You’ve likely heard of the ancient Indian system of healing known as Ayurveda, translated to ‘the Science of Life.’ This 10,000 year old system has withstood
by NW School of Aromatic Medicine
Aromatherapy
Aromatic Recipes
Incense as Medicine
September 8, 20190Comments

Nourishing Your Nervous System with Aromatics

Feeling stressed or anxious? Nervous or fearful? Spread thin or overburdened? Ungrounded? In this video I'll give a simple and easy to understand breakdown of why most people's nervous systems
by NW School of Aromatic Medicine
Aromatherapy
Aromatic Recipes
Incense as Medicine
Sustainability
August 19, 20190Comments

Incense & Aromatics for Mental Focus & Clarity

Do you experience issues with mental focus and clarity, brain fog, or trouble with your memory? The aromatic incense plants I talk about in the video above have been used
by NW School of Aromatic Medicine
Aromatherapy
Aromatic History & Lore
Ayurveda
Incense as Medicine
May 25, 20190Comments

Incense As Medicine

In addition to their pleasant and uplifting aromas, nearly all aromatic plants used in incense also have medicinal qualities. Whether burned for therapeutic, spiritual, or aesthetic purposes, everyone who burns
by NW School of Aromatic Medicine
Alchemy
Aromatherapy
Aromatic History & Lore
Incense as Medicine
March 24, 20190Comments

The Roots of Aromatherapy & The Soul of Plants

Modern aromatherapy, the therapeutic use of botanical essential oils, is one of the fastest growing healing modalities of our time, and its name is widely known around the world today.
by NW School of Aromatic Medicine
Aromatic History & Lore
Incense as Medicine
Incense Crafting
Topical Medicine
April 25, 20180Comments

The Magic & Medicine of Aromatic Tree Resins, Part II

The aromatic tree resins of the world are some of the most potent healing materials on Earth, used in folk medicine, indigenous medicine, and many of the more established systems
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⏰ Webinar Countdown: 2 Hours to Go ⏰ If you love ⏰ Webinar Countdown: 2 Hours to Go ⏰ If you love scent, or have ever wondered how real perfumers actually think and work, this conversation will change the way you relate to aroma forever. Join instructor and perfumery master JK DeLapp and I for a deep dive into the art and beauty of natural perfumery – today at 4 pm PST. This is a behind-the-scenes look at how master perfumers smell, structure, and translate inspiration into real formulas. In this conversation, we’ll explore: ✨ How master perfumers find inspiration and turn it into working compositions ✨ How to start or refine a perfumery practice without wasting years or money ✨ How to train your nose so it becomes your most trusted creative tool ✨ The real difference between aromatherapy blending and true perfume composition ✨ How perfumery opens the door to many other aromatic creations ✨ How to work artfully with both rare materials (like Sandalwood & Oud) and accessible ones 🎁 Live attendees will receive a special gift created to support your perfumery journey! If scent has ever called to you, this is a moment worth showing up for. ⏳ We go live in 2 hours. 🌸 Tap the link in our bio to register & join us live. #perfumery #perfumerytraining #naturalperfumeryschool #howtomakeperfume #freewebinar #naturalperfumes
Join us for today’s webinar at 4 pm PST as we dive Join us for today’s webinar at 4 pm PST as we dive into the art of natural perfumery! If you love aromatics, fragrance, or working with plants, this hour is going to open up an entirely new way of understanding scent. We’ll share insights that usually take years of practice to uncover, including: 🌿 How master perfumers find inspiration & translate it into real formulas 🌿 How to start (or refine) your perfumery practice without wasting years or money 🌿 How to train your nose so it becomes your most trusted tool 🌿 How to work artfully with both rare luxury materials & accessible ones 🌿 The crucial difference between aromatherapy blending & true perfume composition 🌿 How to source high-quality ingredients & avoid common industry traps 🌿 How perfumery becomes a gateway into many other aromatic creations 🌿 Understanding nuances when working with base materials like Sandalwood, Oud & resins …and more. It’s going to be a rich, inspiring, insight-packed hour. ✨ Click the link in our bio to register and join us TODAY at 4 pm PST! 🎁 As a thank-you for joining us live, we’ll be sharing a special aromatic gift! This free gift is only available to live attendees, so be sure to join us in real time. I can't wait! PS: Enrollment for the Natural Perfumery Course – and the Crafting Supreme Attars Mini-Course bonus ($225 value) – closes February 3 at 10 pm PST. If this path is calling you, now is the time to explore it!
🌿 Meet our instructor and Natural Perfumery Master 🌿 Meet our instructor and Natural Perfumery Master: JK DeLapp 🌿 An award-winning natural perfumer and Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner of 15+ years, JK’s work is rooted in the elemental world and in the deep wisdom of plant medicine. His path began in Chinese & East Asian Medicine, where he trained at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. But scent kept calling. What started as a passion became Rising Phoenix Perfumery, a top-shelf, all-natural perfume company known for using only the top 3% of the highest quality aromatic materials available on the planet. JK travels across continents, from the Middle East to remote growing regions, forming direct relationships with distillers and artisans, sourcing rare essences like Sandalwood, Oud, resins, and high-quality botanicals. But what makes JK truly special isn’t just what he works with; it’s how he thinks. He approaches perfume the way a master chef approaches food: understanding structure, honoring ingredients, and creating harmony through balance and intention. Scent, for him, is both medicine and art. ✨ Tomorrow, he’s opening that world to you. 📅 FREE LIVE WEBINAR 🕓 Thursday, January 29 at 4 pm PST In this rare conversation, JK will share: 🌿 How master perfumers approach formulation 🌿 How to train your nose to become your most powerful tool 🌿 The real difference between aromatherapy blending & true perfumery 🌿 How to work with rare & accessible materials with confidence 🌿 How scent formulation transforms everything you create 🎁 Plus: we have a special gift for everyone who joins live. ✨ Link in bio to save your spot JK is also the lead instructor inside our Natural Perfumery Course – now open for enrollment. We open the doors only once per year, and they close in just a few days. Explore the course at the link in our bio. #perfumerytraining #naturalperfumeryschool #howtomakeperfume #perfumery #perfumeaddict #aroma
Over the past week, we’ve been talking about the f Over the past week, we’ve been talking about the foundations of natural perfumery in our free Natural Perfumery Workshop Series. But there’s a certain level that goes beyond technique… A way of smelling, sensing, and listening to aromatic materials that usually only comes through years of experience at the perfumer’s bench… Unless you get to sit with someone who’s walked that path. 🌿✨ That’s why I’m so excited to share this with you… Tomorrow at 4 pm PST, you’re invited to join my dear friend (and our perfumery master instructor) JK DeLapp and I for a behind-the-scenes webinar on the deeper art of natural perfumery. This is a conversation about how real perfumers think and work, and it will shift how you relate to scent forever! Together, we’ll explore: ✨ How master perfumers find inspiration & translate it into real formulas ✨ How to start (or refine) your perfumery practice without wasting years or money ✨ How to train your nose so it becomes your most trusted tool ✨ How to work artfully with both rare luxury materials & accessible ones ✨ The crucial difference between aromatherapy blending & true perfume composition ✨ How to source high-quality ingredients & avoid common industry traps ✨ How perfumery becomes a gateway into many other aromatic creations ✨ Understanding nuances when working with base materials like Sandalwood, Oud & resins 🎁 We’ll also be sharing a very special gift with everyone who attends live. You won’t want you to miss this! 🌹 Comment WEBINAR to get the registration link + save your spot. P.S. Enrollment for the Natural Perfumery Course (+ the Crafting Supreme Attars Mini-Course bonus that comes with it) closes in just a few days. If this path is calling you, now is the moment to explore it. Click the link in our bio to learn more about the course. #perfumerytraining #naturalperfume #cleanbeautyproducts #naturalperfumery #naturalperfumeryschool #freewebinar
🌿🌹 The Natural Perfumery Course Doors Are Open 🌹🌿 🌿🌹 The Natural Perfumery Course Doors Are Open 🌹🌿 Ever dreamed of creating perfumes that truly captivate… that linger, delight, and feel alive? This is your invitation to step into the world of natural perfumery, where art meets aromatherapy science, intuition meets structure, and plants become your palette. Inside the course, you’ll discover how to: 🌿 Classify aromatic materials like a master perfumer 🌿 Build scent formulas that are balanced, long-lasting, and harmonious 🌿 Train your nose and compose fragrances with confidence 🌿 Apply scent formulation to elevate any aromatic creation – from perfumes to skincare, incense, and ritual blends Whether you’re just starting out or already crafting aromatic creations, this is the course you’ll wish you found years ago. ✨ Enroll now and get lifetime access, plus our Crafting Supreme Attars Mini-Course ($225 value) as a free bonus. This window is only open for a limited time – once it closes, it won’t open again until next year. Curious what’s inside the course? 🌹 Click the link in our bio to learn more + start your journey. #naturalfragrances #naturalperfumery #perfumerytraining #howtomakeperfume #aromaticplants #perfumery
If you work with plants, aroma, ritual, or natural If you work with plants, aroma, ritual, or natural remedies — or if perfume has always fascinated you but felt just out of reach — this is where things begin to click. Natural perfumery isn’t about guesswork or copying formulas. It’s about learning the language of scent… and once you can speak it, everything you create changes. Imagine gifting someone a perfume you made, watching their face light up, and hearing, “You made this?” Imagine knowing how to recreate that magic again and again. Without synthetic fragrance, petrochemicals, or mystery ingredients. Perfumes that unfold slowly, last naturally, and feel alive — crafted from plants, resins, and natural materials. It’s with great pleasure that we announce… ✨ Enrollment is now open for The Natural Perfumery Course. Once a year, the doors open to this complete, foundational roadmap for learning the art and science of natural perfumery, from first principles to refined formulation. It’s the course beginners are grateful to start with...and the one experienced makers wish they’d found years earlier. Once you understand scent formulation, natural perfumery becomes a language you can apply beyond perfume: clean beauty, natural skincare, incense blends, and more. The course includes 6 in-depth modules: 🌿 The Story of Natural Perfumery: Roots, rituals & traditions 🌿 Plant Material Classification: Train your nose to blend with clarity 🌿 The Art of Composition: Design fragrances with proven ratios 🌿 Core Formulation Techniques: Create balanced, long-lasting perfumes 🌿 Accords & Classic Formulas: Build structures to return to again and again 🌿 Craft Your Own Perfumes: Attars, sprays, solids & oil-based scents If this work has been calling to you, even if you can’t fully explain why yet — this course exists for that moment. Plus, you receive lifetime access, so you can start now and return anytime. ✨ Click the link in our bio to learn more and begin. Bonus: Enroll during this window and receive our Crafting Supreme Attars Mini-Course ($225 value) free. Doors close in 1 week. #perfumerytraining #howtomakeperfume #naturalperfume #aromaticplants #perfumery #perfumeaddict
If you’ve ever tried blending essential oils for a If you’ve ever tried blending essential oils for a natural skincare product, herbal remedy, or ritual blend, and the formula sounded aromatically beautiful in your mind, but didn’t come together the way you hoped, you’re not alone. For many people working with plants and aroma, the struggle isn’t a lack of sensitivity, creativity, or intuition. It’s that scent has its own language, and most of us were never taught how it works. So we essentially rely on guesswork. Or we follow recipes without understanding why they work. We trust our noses, but don’t yet know how to structure what we’re conceptualizing. The result is often blends that feel almost right. Pleasant, but fleeting. Interesting, but unbalanced. Close… yet never quite a hit. Over time, this can quietly erode confidence, making scent feel unpredictable, expensive, or elusive, rather than the beautiful, expressive tool it’s meant to be. That’s exactly why we created our free Natural Perfumery Workshop Series. To offer a simple, clear, grounded framework for understanding how scent actually behaves, how aromatic materials relate to one another, and how balance is created and perfected over time. When you understand this foundation, something shifts. Scent stops feeling random and your materials start making real sense. And everything you create, from perfumes to skincare, ritual blends, incense, and beyond, begins to feel more intentional, cohesive, and alive. If you love plants, aroma, ritual, or making things by hand, this series may feel less like a class… and more like coming home. ✨ Click the link in our bio to unlock all 3 lessons and begin learning the language of scent. #aroma #perfumerytraining #perfumeryworkshop #naturalperfume #howtomakeperfume
Learn how to make your own perfume at home in our Learn how to make your own perfume at home in our FREE Natural Perfumery Workshop Series ✨ Right now, all 3 lessons are available – binge-watch at your own pace. Natural perfumery isn’t just about making something that smells good… It’s about learning the language of scent – and once you speak it, everything you create begins to change. Here’s what’s waiting for you in the free series… 🌱 Workshop #1: Foundations of Natural Perfumery – Gain clarity, inspiration, and direction for your perfume-making practice (without overwhelm). 🧪 Workshop #2: Core Scent Formulation Principles – Learn the essential principles all perfumers use to create balance, harmony, and longevity. 🌸 Workshop #3: Create Your Own Natural Spray Perfume – Bring everything together with a step-by-step tutorial and formula you can follow from start to finish. Through your natural perfumery practice, you can: 🌿 Create meaningful, heartfelt gifts you’re proud of 🌿 Work with exquisite aromatic plant materials 🌿 Choose non-toxic, body-safe alternatives to synthetic fragrance 🌿 Support your nervous system through therapeutic aroma 🌿 Express creativity in a tangible way 🌿 Deepen ritual and spiritual practices with scent 🌿 Open new income streams or expand existing offerings And once you understand the art and science of scent formulation, the possibilities expand far beyond perfume… You’ll be able to create clean beauty, skincare, and aromatic products that smell balanced, refined, and genuinely irresistible – not just “pretty good.” ⏳ The FREE Natural Perfumery Workshop Series is only available for a limited time. ✨ Click the link in our bio to unlock all 3 lessons and begin learning the language of scent. #aroma #naturalperfume #perfumery #cleanbeautyproducts #perfumeryworkshop #perfumerytraining
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