Aroma Alchemy: Essential Oils for Mind, Body and Home -- Holly Brandenberger, Hardcover

The most comprehensive book for those exploring essential oils for the first time, packed with fragrant recipes and science-based advice from an aromatherapist with a following of over 1 million.

Discover the science behind scents, with more than 100 fragrant recipes for mind, body and home in this beautiful lifestyle book written by a certified aromatherapist.

Smell is the most powerful of our senses - we can recognize almost 1 trillion different smells. Certified aromatherapist, registered nurse and Instagram sensation Holly Brandenberger gives us the knowledge and tools to harness the power of scent, showing how every-day aromatherapy can be used for holistic health and wellbeing.

This book is packed full of Holly's thorough research on how and why aromatherapy works, advice for inhalation and topical application, safety notes and 100+ recipes. Content includes:

• scents for sleep, stress, sadness, intimacy and focus
• products for the skin, hair and body
• remedies for headaches, colds, nausea, hormone support and first aid
• home recipes such as pet deoderizer, laundry scent and bug spray
• directory of essential oils and their uses
• what to grow in an aromatherapy garden
• how to create perfume
• carrier oil guide and dilution advice
• effective substitutions.

Essential reading for anyone interested in a life enriched with wonderful scents.

Author: Holly Brandenberger
Publisher: Watkins Publishing
Published: 10/14/2025
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
ISBN: 9781786789969

About the Author
Holly Brandenberger is a registered nurse and certified aromatherapist who grew up on a Christmas tree farm in Wisconsin, where her fascination with tree oils began. After using essential oils for endometriosis and stress, Holly founded Science of Essentials. She has created books and webinars and has a fast-growing Instagram platform with 1M+ followers. Holly teaches through The School for Aromatic Studies, and reads all new research studies as soon as they're released.

For more information see: scienceofessentials.com or @scienceofessentials