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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Preparing eating olives: the black guys
I was invited by dear friends Christina & Manolis to pick my own olives at their beautiful organic land near the Cretan village of Paidochori. Christina
Improvisations for Happy Days
In the middle of writing my article about the transformative times assisted by the essential oil of cypress (see post Cypress, the tree that keeps us together),
Luffa aka Sponge harvest
A natural household cannot be complete without natural sponge! This year I planted 2 small seedlings in the garden and ended up with 21 giant
Orange Blossom Festival in Fournes
Following our amazing neroli harvest in April 2016, the fast growing chapters of the adventure book that records the deep experiences sensed by my alchemist soul
Voluptuous Honey Bath of The Wounded Healer
I was reading this amazing article Aromatic Molecules, Medicine of the Soul and the Alchemical Journey from herbalist and aromatherapist Cathy Skipper. She speaks from my Heart
Journey the perfume
When sketching down my intentions for creating my nine note perfume, I had two directions. One with a working title ‘Lioness’ that I described as
The Art of Botanical Perfume
It had been a quiet gradual internal process. Finally, I started to become more conscious that I was ready for more in depth education in the deep ocean of
Bitter Orange, Sweet Experiences
Ever since I discovered something called Orange Blossom Festival existed, I wanted to go there. On Crete, of course, and I probably came across one
From figs to virtue
Let’s bring in some literature as a botanical side inspiration. From an innocent post of a photograph with figs that were picked from the trees just down
Why you are here in the matrix
In times of such intensity, a single week can carry me through the Art of botanical perfumery, Thai massage workshop, improvisation dance class, art photography, essential massage
The Art & Healing of The Heart
A series of photographs I made fairly spontaneously while visiting my friend Kezia Danabie at her beautiful Cretan cottage (Check out my album on the Charming Cretan cottage photography
Aromatic Kinesiology and The Blossoming Heart
A synopsis about the healing and transformative power of Aromatic Kinesiology, and the essence of a journey creating bridges between Hungary, Greece, Australia and Ireland.