Essential oils are the vital essence of aromatic plants and are found in herbs, flowers, fruits, sap, seeds, and skin of a plant, as well as in the bark, leaves, roots, resins or wood of certain trees. Essential oils contain the therapeutic properties of the plant in concentrated form. The use of essential oils can help improve our sense of well-being and physical health.
The history of Essential Oils goes back more than 6,000 years, when ancient civilizations used them as part of their daily lives. The Romans used essential oils for the sensory pleasures it gave them and Hippocrates, the Greek physician who is considered the Father of Medicine, stressed the importance of a daily bath and a massage with essential oils as the basis for personal health and well-being.
Pure essential oils are a precious commodity obtained through highly labour-intensive processes. It takes over 225 pounds of rose petals to produce only 4 teaspoons of oil! It is for this reason that rarer or more laborious essential oils can command a high price.

Aromatherapy
Essential oils have an immediate impact on our sense of smell through a process called olfaction. This is because the olfactory nerve passes directly from our nose to the limbic system – the emotional centre of the brain. This affects our breathing, blood circulation, memory, and endocrine glands. The fragrances from essential oils have unique properties that stimulate these systems in different ways. Aromatherapists often combine different scents to obtain or promote certain results.

Today, the word "aromatherapy" is frequently misused to describe artificially scented products, but true aromatherapy only refers to pure botanical essential oils. Unlike the overpowering scent of synthetic fragrances used in most aromatherapy candles on the market, Timothy Han candles contain pure essential oils only. Timothy Han's soy candles are recognized by their unobtrusive, natural and delicate scent that lingers long after you have extinguished your candle.