In one of those strange serendipitous moments that can happen with Google Alerts, I visited an article entitled “Tick and Mosquito Repellent Can Be Made Commercially from Pine Oil” which describes “a naturally-occurring compound prepared from pine oil” that deters…
Pine Oil Tick and Mosquito Repellent
June 29th, 2008 — , Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Research, Safety/Toxicity, Standards from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
NPA moves ahead with its "Natural" Product Seal
June 18th, 2008 — , Politics, Regulatory Issues, Safety/Toxicity, Standards from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
The Natural Products Association (NPA) has announced that applications for its “Natural Standard” certification are available. The certification process will be based on the NPA Standard published on May 1 [PDF] and discussed here previously (which is not quite ready…
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Natural Beauty Summit tackles certification fragmentation
June 8th, 2008 — , Politics, Regulatory Issues, Standards, aromatherapy from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
Cosmetics Design-Europe reported on the natural Beauty Summit held last month in New York with the headline Natural Beauty Summit tackles certification fragmentation. We reported in this blog on the Summit before it happened, and although we were unable to…
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New Study Confirms psychoactive effect of [Frank]incense
June 4th, 2008 — , Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Research, aromatherapy, incense from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
A new study published in the The FASEB Journal, a journal of experimental biology “found that incensole acetate, a Boswellia resin constituent, when tested in mice lowers anxiety and causes antidepressive-like behavior.” The press release goes on to cite this…
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Book Review: Medicinal and Aromatic Crops
May 18th, 2008 — , Book/Movie Reviews, Ecological/Cultural Sustainability, Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Oil Crops, Regulatory Issues from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
Medicinal and Aromatic Crops: Harvesting, Drying and Processing Edited by Serdar Oztekin and Milan Martinov. Haworth Press: New York. 2007. ISBN 978-1-56022-975-9. This book was published in 2007, but we recently obtained a copy for our library and realized that…
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Organic/Natural Standards to be Discussed at Upcoming Meeting
May 12th, 2008 — , Organizations, Politics, Regulatory Issues, Weblogs, marketing from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
The big players in the Beauty Products World are gathering together in New York later this week at “The Natural Beauty Summit” to “create a forum to learn and discuss the key challenges the cosmetics industry faces in the areas…
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Natural Products Association Rushes ahead with a "Natural" Product Standard
May 11th, 2008 — , Regulatory Issues, marketing from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
Without allowing much time for industry review and feedback, the Natural Products Association has moved to implement their “Standard and Certification for Personal Care Products.” As discussed previously on this blog, a meeting was held to discuss this standard in…
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aromatisches Blog - Aromatics Blog
April 17th, 2008 — , Weblogs, perfumery from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
Das aromatische Blog widmet sich den Düften und Wohlgerüchen – dem Parfüm. (The aromatic blog devoted to the scents and smells good - the perfume.) I’ve added a new blog to our perfumery blogroll: aromatisches Blog. It’s in German, but…
New Book "examines" Alternative Medicine
April 10th, 2008 — , Book/Movie Reviews, aromatherapy from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
A new book due to published in England later his month (Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial by Simon Singh and Edzard Ernse, published by Bantam on April 21 at £16.99) is excerpted in the [London] Daily Mail with…
Aromatherapy Thymes Notable Launch
April 9th, 2008 — , Book/Movie Reviews, Notes and News, Weblogs, aromatherapy from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
MrMagazine.com, a website/blog for the magazine industry, has declared Aromatherapy Thymes magazine as one of the “30 Most Notable Launches of 2007.” There are many health and medicine magazines jockeying for a position on today’s newsstands, but few give readers…
The Definition of Natural
April 6th, 2008 — , Regulatory Issues, aromatherapy, perfumery from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
UPDATED At a webinar presented by Perfumer&Flavorist Magazine last month, there was a discussion of the definition of “natural” when used in the natural products industry, which of course includes the natural aromatic products that are the focus of this…
Botany Photo of the Day: Laurus nobilis
March 31st, 2008 — , Ecological/Cultural Sustainability, Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Notes and News from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
Laurus nobilis is the featured species at Botany Photo of the Day with information provided by Connor Fitzpatrick from the Global Facilitation Unit for underutilized species. They are doing a series on underutilized plants. Another species featured in this series…
The kind of aromatherapy article we don’t need
March 25th, 2008 — , Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Safety/Toxicity, Weblogs, aromatherapy from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
An article about aromatherapy and essential oils has been published on Mike Adams Natural News web site. Entitled Raise Your Immunity Frequency With Essential Oils to Beat the Common Cold, the article appears to have been cobbled together from old…
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