Kristen Schuhmann

Learn how to create your own custom scents out of essential oils and botanical ingredients such as herbs and flowers in All-Natural Perfume Making.

Fragrances to Lift Your Mind, Body, and Spirit

All-Natural Perfume Making

Llewellyn

Vannoy Gentles Fite

Natalie Zaman

Sandra Kynes

Linda Raedisch

Autumn Damiana

Charlie Rainbow Wolf

James Kambos

Elizabeth Barrette

Monica Crosson

Diana Rajchel

Suzanne Ress

Susan Pesznecker

Divina Cornick

JD Hortwort

Annie Burdick

Anne Sala

Thea Fiore-Bloom

Mireille Blacke

Holly Bellebuono

Kathy Vilim

Rachael Witt

Kathy Martin

Llewellyn's Herbal Almanac offers a wide variety of practical ideas on how to benefit from nature's most versatile plants. With hands-on projects, fresh ideas, and tips and techniques, this guide is designed for herb enthusiasts of all skill levels. It also features innovative herbal ideas that span gardening, cooking, crafts, health, beauty, history, and lore. This year's edition also includes profiles for ginger, rhubarb, chamomile, sunflower, and comfrey and articles on: Aromatics for Nervous, Respiratory, and Digestive Systems • Edible Wild Herbs and Grasses • Swedish Princess Cake with Matcha • Chewable Herbal Pills • Late-Season Herb Gardening • Italian Citrus Fruits • Soup Garden • Tinctures • Crafting with Recycled Materials • Herbal Bath Recipes • The Gardens of Pompeii • Gourmet Herbal Sandwiches • Conservation Plants • Homemade Herbal Scrubs • And Much More

A Practical Guide to Growing, Cooking & Crafting

Llewellyn's 2021 Herbal Almanac

Master your own custom perfume blends with ingredients to benefit your mind, body, and emotions in All-Natural Perfume Making. Just like magic, turn botanical herbs, flowers, and essential oils into wonderful-smelling, healthy, and sustainable perfumes. In All-Natural Perfume Making, author and herbalist Kristen Schuhmann guides beginning perfumers in the art and techniques of crafting oil-based, alcohol-based, and solid perfumes. Learn the history and traditional benefits of certain scents as you create your own unique blends from a variety of plant-based ingredients. In addition to smelling good,natural scents can be a powerful self-care tool to benefit mental and emotional health. Feeling anxious? A blend of vanilla, lavender, cedarwood, and neroli can help relax frazzled nerves. Have a big test coming up? Boost your brain power with rosemary, sweet orange, and peppermint. Once you've grasped the techniques in All-Natural Perfume Making, the possibilities are endless as you mix, layer, and experiment with natural scents. Perfect for the beginner who wants to create their own signature scents without the use of harsh chemicals, this book provides a solid base on the philosophy and methods of crafting all-natural fragrances that not only smell fantastic but can add to your well-being.

Kristen Schuhmann

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