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Business Tips for 2012

by Andrea Butje on January 2, 2012

Seeing successful Aromatherapy businesses brings me great pleasure. I believe in the healing potential of essential oils and I love seeing businesses promoting all their varied uses -  house cleaning and skin care as well as emotional and physical well being. So for those of you out there growing your Aromatherapy businesses, I hope some of these [...]

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A New Component Database

by Andrea Butje on April 10, 2011

Aromahead Institute recently launched a new Component Database, a subscription-based online tool for researching essential oil components and their therapeutic actions. A subscription to the component database gives you access to exclusive datasheets compiled by Andrea Butje and Robert Tisserand. Each datasheet includes a molecular structure illustration, chemical family, therapeutic properties, medical actions, safety concerns, [...]

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Community Farms in South Africa: A Small Miracle

by Andrea on February 28, 2011

We recently received this story via email from one of our South African distillers and would love to share it with you: We have a very poor community in Bela Bela who have quite a lot of land available to them because of the size of their tribal boundaries. ( Bela Bela is about 4 [...]

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Distiller Spotlight: Florihana in the South of France

by Andrea Butje on February 10, 2011

Florihana is a distillery in the south of France. This is their mission statement: “At the foundation of our commitment to create the Florihana distillery were two main aims: respect for nature and development of highly therapeutic certified organic products for aromatherapists.” I believe they have accomplished both! Florihana uses organic farming techniques for plants [...]

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Blogging is a journey! While I sit here at my computer, in serious contemplation,  I try to imagine how I can connect with you through writing. What can I write that will support your learning about essential oils? How can my blog posts actually change and grow your business and/or personal life? Can I find [...]

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A blogging milestone: Over 100 posts

by Andrea on May 20, 2010

I have now written over 100 blog posts.  My first post was in the summer of 2008, almost exactly two years ago.  This feels like a milestone, a place to pause and reflect. I love writing about essential oils, distillers, importing, traveling, teaching and ways small businesses can grow on the web. I also love [...]

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