Are flower essences a kind of aromatherapy?
This is a common question (and misconception) because, superficially, flower essences and aromatherapy do appear quite similar. They both involve flowers, and both involve feelings and emotional states. The similarity, however, ends there. Aromatherapy employs the scent (aroma) of essential oils of various flowers to alter mood through brain chemistry. It is believed to do this via its action on the limbic system of the brain. Flower essences, on the other hand, effect and alter not mood per se, but emotional states and perception. Further, they contain no discernible scent. Instead of concentrated essential oils, flower essences are prepared from pure water in which selected flowers have been infused. While no noticeable scent remains, what is preserved is the “energy signature” of that particular bloom. It is this subtle vibrational pattern, not overt scent, that holds the therapeutic value of flower essences. This vibrational pattern acts as a kind of “tuning fork” for out of balanc
