Now that you probably have a lot of different essential oils at home, it's nice to know which scents you can combine well. In this blog, I will give you more information about the different scent notes and how to create a lovely blend.

Sense of Smell

To start at the beginning, let's briefly explain an important organ: our sense of smell. As soon as you inhale air, it quickly reaches the olfactory nerves. These are located at the top of your nasal cavity (the olfactory cavity), an area behind the skull, between the eye sockets. The olfactory nerves are directly connected to our limbic system, which is strongly involved in our emotions, among other things. Therefore, when you smell a certain scent, it often immediately evokes certain feelings and memories.

Every scent is composed of different molecules. In your nasal cavity, there are many olfactory receptors that pick up these scent molecules. The receptors then pass the collected information to the brain, where the scent is identified. The brain can distinguish as many as 10,000(!) different scents. The more components a scent has, the more receptors are activated, and the more impactful a scent can be.

Scents can be used to mask unpleasant odors, create a pleasant environment, but are also very specific to use in a therapy session.

Making Blends

When composing your own blends, you can, of course, be inspired by blends you find on Pinterest or in recipe books, for example. More interesting is to know how blends are actually structured.

A good blend is balanced, where it is important that the scent lingers for a relatively long time, that it naturally smells pleasant, and that the blend is composed in the right balance, without one of the scents overpowering the others.