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Modern Day Aromatherapy Essay

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Modern Day Aromatherapy
Aromatherapy has been around for many years , and dates back to ancient times , ancient aromatic oils were used by the Romans, Greeks and the Egyptians, the Egyptians being the most famous for their inventive extraction methods of flower and plant essences, the first being the lotus flower which grew along the banks of the Nile river, the Egyptians have been accredited as being the first perfumers in civilization, they used ancient oils such as Frankincense , Myrrh, Galbanum, Cedarwood and Spikenard for use in cosmetics , religion, medicinal purposes , embalming and mummification.
The word Aromatherapy was first used in 1937 by the French scientist Rene-Maurice Gattefossé , whose research revealed that the volatile extracts distilled from aromatic

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