Aroma therapy suggestions?

[Chrysalis]

I have this neat reed diffuser that I like to keep on my art table. I was using sandalwood oil and I like it but I'm curious to try another scent. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what would be good aroma therapy scent to stimulate creativity?

[babs609]

Certain scents, like cinnamon and vanilla, have been shown to stimulate creativity. Lemon and Jasmine have been shown to enhance cognitive performance.

[babs609]

I love jasmine personally

[Still winning]

As sandalwood calms and eases the nerves...perhaps that's what you need to get creative? So in that case maybe some lavender.

 

Vanilla is great for creativity and for lifting a mood. Like Babs I hear good things about cinnamon but I just don't like the smell. 

 

I use peppermint scents when I write if I want to calm my head (it helps tension headaches) and just allow my brain a freeflow

 

My all time fave for relaxing into doing something is ylang ylang, writing, decorating, even in the bath it's great :)

 

Any of the citrus scents will give you a shake up if that's the mood. Orange/tangerine more creative than the others but lemon, limes etc, those are my I'm in the doldrums and need a swift kick scents.

 

x

[Tink]

Sorry I don't have a creative bone in my body but I found this hope it helps

 

 

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art58878.asp

[Nicole Diver]

I really like lime or lemon with verbena.

[Chrysalis]

Thanks, everybody. Based on your suggestions I decided to try oil of cloves first, since I had a lot of cloves in my cupboard and i love the smell. Next time I'm grocery shopping I'll pick up some cinnamon bark and try that. Meanwhile, I ordered some yling yling oil because I never heard of that before. Thank you all for the suggestions!

[Colleen]

I love sandalwood, mixed with vanilla is even better.  Flowery scents give me a headache, so I can't recommend on that.  Bergamont is a nice scent.

[robf]

I've noticed that if I fart in bed and hold my girlfriends head under the duvet she gets properly motivated to get out of bed, really gives her that morning energy we strive for