About Cher Kore & Kameleon Healing

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My first priority when mixing aromatherapy blends is healing. The longer I study, the more my knowledge grows. I learn the basic chemistry and actions of all oils I use. I mix with an eye on safety and dilute properly. All essential oils and natural bases I mix with, I've studied, tested, and used both alone and within blends.

My background in accounting and affinity for numbers helps me mix oils safely and effectively. To be successful with aromatherapy, one need know about percentages and figuring out how those percentages transfer into a drop count, a tablespoon count or whatever is needed. Logic is also necessary. A logical question is: If one’s body reacts best to geranium oil, but also works well with other oils, how much geranium should go in the mix. Well, geranium is a very delicately scented oil. It would work well as a middle note but only in a large percentage. And geranium happens to be a very gentle oil which one can use safely in larger percentages. Adversely, substitute clove for geranium in the question. Clove is a very strong oil. One need not use a lot to get a good effect. In fact, with this particular oil less tends to have greater success. Clove oil can be dangerous if not very diluted. Therefore, the answer would be a much smaller percentage. And the rest of the answers for the blend lie in all those other oils one’s body reacts well to, and what should be the percentage of each of those in the particular mix. There may be more than one mix for some individuals.

Learning about people is vital to being an effective aromatherapist. There are standard blends that work well for most. Often there are blends that are great just for women, or just for men. Blends for children take extreme caution. The only oils I use for kids are lavender, roman chamomile, german chamomile, and mandarin. An older child might also get spearmint for chest infections. Obviously people are looking for all variety of answers: emotional healing; preventing and healing physical ills; attaining healthy, beautiful skin and hair; as an aid to sexuality; and more. Some people are looking for more than one answer in a product and that can be done with personalized aromatherapy.

Aromatherapy also takes creativity. Perfumery is a wonderful art. I consider aromatherapy to be the perfect marriage between herbology and perfumery. The basics of perfumery involve scent notes within a blend. There are no hard and fast rules. I often use many oils for each note: note blends within each basic note (top, middle, and base). It is similar to a chef knowing how to blend and cook each ingredient to not only taste the best, but be healthiest for your body. Sometimes to achieve a healing goal it takes multifaceted layering of many oils. For some healing needs, a simpler blend works better. Learning which oils match takes much study and experimentation (otherwise known as R&D). A cook knows which spices to add to each dish. Similarly, I know how to blend oils for each healing need.

It takes a proper balance of talent, logic, intuition, and study to be a good aromatherapist. Practice makes for a brilliant aromatherapist.

I will try my absolute best to meet your needs, be they healing associated or business related.

Cher Kore

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