Aromatherapy vaporizers are a quick and easy way to make your environment smell beautiful. In simple terms, they gently heat essential oils, turning them from a liquid to a vapor, which then wafts through the air, filling your room with their scent.

HOW VAPORIZERS WORK
Our ability to smell is caused by tiny molecules wafting in the air. When we breathe in these molecules, they are recognized by receptors in the nose. The information is then carried to the brain, including the areas responsible for emotion, behavior and memory. The smell molecules also dissolve in our bloodstream, allowing their active properties to start working.

EVAPORATION
Vaporizers heat essential oil, speeding the rate at which it evaporates. This means that the scent molecules pass into the air more rapidly, enabling you to breathe in more "scent" in a shorter period.

CONVECTION CURRENTS
As the vaporizer warms the essential oil, it also heats the air around it. As hot air rises, this causes the air in the room to circulate, spreading the tiny molecules around the area more quickly.

VAPORIZING ESSENTIAL OILS
How to Use Vaporizer Oil
You can use undiluted essential oils in a vaporizer or buy special vaporizer blends. In both cases, you need to add up to five drops to the vaporizer bowl.

Using Candle Vaporizers
Candle vaporizers consist of a small bowl of oil and water suspended over a candle. The heat from the candle causes the oil to vaporize and evaporate into the air.
~Fill the vaporizer bowl with water and add in three to five drops of oil. As the candle heats in the bowl, the oil evaporates more quickly.
~Use a scented candle to blend your favorite aroma with the oil vapors.

Electronic Vaporizers
~One kind of electronic vaporizer consists of a ceramic dish that plugs into a wall socket. Put water and a few drops of oil into the dish, as it heats up, the oil will evaporate.
~Another type is a small ceramic loop that fits over the bulb in a table lamp or ceiling light. The bulb's heat evaporates the oil.

Homemade Heaters
If you don't want to buy a vaporizer, a good way to make your own is to simply put a small saucer or ceramic bottle on too of a radiator.
~You can also put a few drops on a wet cloth and drape this over a radiator or heater.

THE BEST ESSENTIAL OILS TO USE IN YOUR VAPORIZER

ENERGIZING Bergamot, Black Pepper, Lemon, Peppermint, Rosemary
RELAXING Lavander, Mandarin, Sweet Marjoram, Melissa, Neroli
ANTISEPTIC Benzoin, Eucalyptus, Juniper Berry, Tea Tree, Thyme
SENSUAL Cedarwood, Lavender, Patchouli, Rose, Ylang Ylang
EASE TENSION Geranium, Juniper Berry, Marjoram, Rose, Sandalwood
HEADACHES Chamomile, Lavender, Marjoram, Neroli, Rosemary