Let’s Talk About Fragrance…

Let’s talk about artificial and synthetic fragrance!!

<A gateway into PETROchemicals and petroleum distillates>

Our current global & social biome is rife with petroleum distillates. Personal + social/cultural, physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual imbalance has increased significantly in the last 100+ years. There seems to be a correlation between petroleum and this imbalance.

In my personal quest for wellness over the past 40 years, I have understood to only engage with petrochemicals for my machines = gasoline, diesel, and lubrication products. Yet, I have sadly learned that petrochemicals have quietly permeated homes from floor to ceiling, our atmospheres, and our bodies (inside & out) through MANY products on the industrial market.

If a product states: artificial fragrance/flavor/color = petroleum engineered chemicals!! This makes it easier to choose natural based products, facilitating VOTING with hard earned $$$.

Examples of common products containing artificial fragrance:
Laundry detergent and dryer sheets
Soap and shampoo
Shoe inserts
Perfume
Cosmetics and lotions
Aerosol fresheners
Aerosol cleaners
Public toilets
Car “fresheners” (things that dangle from rearview mirrors)
Plug-in diffusers
Scented candles
Wicking sticks in fragrance oil
“Potpourri” (fake flowers with fragrance balls)

As science is proving, “nature deficit” is becoming a source of a multitude of disorders. As an informal aromatherapist, I have much first, second, third, & fourth-hand experience to be able to state factually that nature-based scents and the sense of smell assist in the health of all four of our bodies: physical, mental, emotional, & spiritual. This is one of many good reasons to choose Nature, whenever feasible, over industry. Consider aromatics as gateways to perception…

Artificial/Synthetic chemicals: derived from petroleum distillates.
Artificial fragrance, flavor, & color: derived from petroleum distillates.

The industrial drive of the petrochemical based economy continues to proliferate trauma in all ways, shapes & forms (All machines operate on petroleum).  And yet ways to move forward in our personal lives to recollect cross-cultural beneficent living (including non-human people) can be simple. We can give care to our bodies, our environments, our communities by simply engaging with regionally produced foods & goods. Giving time to learn about the ancestral altar of our physical bodies and our fundamental, historic needs are easy pathways to follow. Imagine ALL of the amazing technologies humans have created to this day being engaged for cross-cultural service, including the non-human world. The Earth is our Mother making all of Her creation family. EVERY OBJECT surrounding & enveloping you is SOURCED from Her. Yes, one person can make a difference!!