AROMATIC JOURNAL
12 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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From courgette to something bigger
Some philosophical thoughts for today from my gardening time. About 3 months ago I thought I was planting courgettes. Up until they started to grow something
Love Liberates
An extract from the beautiful life story of Maya Angelou as remembering the love and powerful words of her mother. I wish this liberating love be expressed and
QiGong Marathon 2015 – Retreat in Crete
One of the first co-creation projects that are taking shape now and I am happy to share it on my website is a QiGong retreat program
Aromatic adventures on the island of Crete
Liquid gold Interested visitors of the largest Greek island would everywhere find shelves full of spices and all sorts of products made from extra virgin
Crete as a creative workspace
This is a very quick overview of a transformational holiday where we come together to create something. On the island of Crete. It’s in the
The perfect gift is Love & Harmony
Some years ago I started using a few drops of lavender essential oil combined with ylang-ylang as a bed-time ceremony to calm down the mind and
My secret garden
My secret garden… is not so secret anymore – to start with a quote from Depeche Mode. How could I keep it secret for so
Lemon marmalade with honey
It’s just one of those amazing everyday stories of my life in Crete. But may not be such an ‘ordinary’ one in many other places in
2 years on Crete – how about a second post here?
The second anniversary of my landing on Crete and starting a new – or next stage of my – life is here to come. I kept
The Rainbow Creator
How to create your own Rainbow? A new discovery I made recently while watering the orange trees in the garden My landlady asked me to
If I could turn back time – for the first post
Where to start? ‘There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.’ I just run into this quote
Artichokes – with a soft heart inside
The most special bouquet I have ever got. And a new challenge of my Cretan life. This is the kind of bouquet (or bucket 🙂 )