Les essential oils constitute a magnificent world, made up of smells and perfumes of all kinds, of colors. Our olfactory receptors are able to detect a very large number of odors and communicate the information to the brain. The scent of an essential oil, like any other smell, reaches the olfactory bulbs and passes directly into the hypothalamus, the area of the brain that controls, among other things, homeostasis, feelings of hunger and satiety as well as behaviors. sexual.
Olfaction lets in subtle information from our environment. First act of our existence, breathing unites us to the world at every moment of our life. It is a continuous exchange: We absorb part of this world during the inspiration, and with each exhalation we give a part of ourselves.