AROMATIC JOURNAL
10 YEARS OF AROMATIC JOURNEYS
Ildiko sharing her inspiring personal stories from behind the mountains of Crete island while being on the road, searching and experiencing, capturing, collecting, distilling, making herbal preparations, blending botanical perfume and more. Offering insights of her authentic approach and humble practices for better understanding and appreciation of nature, herbal remedies and awareness of trustworthy natural applications in our self-development and everyday life practices. Many of these aromatic essays and articles were published in professional publications as you will see the respected references in the posts.
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Plants Messages Reading & Guidance
Our 1-ON-1 Plant Messages Session is a treat of its own kind, using my sensitivity for subtle energies, a truly holistic approach to life, and
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Last drops of the year
Last drops of the year. Not much oil, but I’m distilling for the beautiful hydrosols anyway. Filtering lemongrass was a kind of meditation to bring
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A visual review of Lavandula Angustifolia 2017
It all started with an invitation of doing some picking at The Lavender Way on one of those sunny days towards the year end. Warm
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Lemongrass, A Drop Beyond Imagination
Just had a quiet moment to check on the bottles from the second lemongrass distillation I’d made five weeks ago from the plants at Leonidas’
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Lemongrass – Expect The Unexpected
Recently I started working with a group of wonderful people passionate about natural farming & promoting related acts and ideas that are fundamental to feed
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The surprising taste of water kefir
My new favourite home-made magic drink: water kefir! I’ve been resistant to making it for so long (I thought it needs too much care and
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Life, Death & Rebirth of Cypress
Fires reaching wide and far burn down the work of centuries. However, the plant kingdom is so strong in survival. New sprouts come along and give
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Golden Green of Cypress
Cypress keeps me amazed. Each and every individual encounter with this impressive evergreen tree pulls me to reach out for a gentle touch. He is
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Labdanum, magical balm to the heart
The magical plants with sticky leaves and beautiful pinkish flowers keep proliferating around the area of Sises, enjoying the sunny side of its old fame,
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Cretan Rock Rose, the untold story
Where to start my story that goes back to generations and silently bears the heritage of a whole community. The legacy of labdanum that not
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Dancing Drops of A Pure Heart
A beautiful heart came for an aromatherapy session not long ago, and rose as the symbol of love came up as working with my aromatherapy cards.
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In The Mood for Love
Sometimes I just wonder… like the week as it’s been… invitation to Denmark… Harvesting oregano… Finding a dead cat… then a shovel and an easy soil,