A Look into the Evolution of Essential Oils

Essential oils, characterized by their volatile nature and concentrated aromas, evolved within plants as they rooted their way out of water and onto land. However fleeting their aromas may be, essential oils are the blueprints of plants. They communicate the so-called DNA of the plant as they dance through the air, tempting insects and humans alike with their provocative story-telling aromas.

Explore the law of conservation in nature as we touch upon light plant chemistry. What a wonder it is that a plant, an insect and a woman produce aromas composed of the same aromatic molecules! Take a journey through the last 500 million years to unravel the mysteries, which weave the worlds of botany, insects and human beings into one amazing web of aromatic life.