The Scents of Halloween

[Guest guest]

  Scent is on of the best ways to create an atmosphere.  And what holiday is

more atmospheric than Halloween?  From dark, mysterious nights to sweet

candy-filled trick-or-treating, bright orange pumpkins and caramel colored

harvests, October and Halloween are full of rich, autumny aromas. This list is

a selection of scents and botanicals that I feel best conjures the feel of the

holiday.  I divided them up into three general themes: Dark, Mysterious, and

Mystical;scents that evoke an eerie or magical aura, many have been used as

sacred scents for eons bringing humans closer to the spiritual worlds; Harvest;

those that create a Harvest Home atmosphere, and Trick Or Treat; odors that

bring to mind candy and treats.  These are scents to be used as incense, to

scent soaps, candles, room sprays, potpourris, and sachets, and fill dream

pillows, or to make your own perfumes.  Of course I prefer to

use authentic botanicaly derived extracts and

essences as opposed to synthetic fragrances, so this list will lean toward my

biases.  Happy Haunting!

 

Dark, Mysterious, Mystical

Agarwood/Oud/Aloeswood(this oil is really pricey, but you can find reasonablly

priced incense)

Amber/Labdanum

Bay

Benzoin

Cinnamon(careful, this essential oil can burn the skin)

incense

Lavender(to see spirits, the absolute smells like the whole herb, its great to

use)

Myrhh

Mugwort( opens the second sight,the essential oil is poisonous, so use the whole

herb for dream pillows, incense)

Nutmeg

Oakmoss

Patchouli

Sandalwood

Vetiver

Wormwood(the same as mugwort)

 

 

Harvest

Allspice

Apple(there is no essence of apples, the best way to get this scent naturally is

to simply put out a bowl of apples!)

Cinnamon

Clove

Ginger

Hazelnut

Mandarin

Nutmeg

Pumpkin(there is no essence of pumpkin, however to get that moist, green, earthy

smell of pumpkin flesh, substiute clary sage essential oil)

Orange

Tangerine

 

 

Trick Or Treat

Almond

Balsam Peru

Butter

Chocolate/Cacao

Cinnamon

Clove(this essential oil can also irritate the skin)

Mandarin

Orange

Nutmeg

Tangerine

Tonka Bean(smells like maple and brown sugar, with hints of almond and vanilla)

Vanilla

 

Sources of  items:

Eden Botanicals www.edenbotanicals.com

Liberty Natural www.libertynatural.com

Scents Of Earth www.scents-of-earth.com

Incense Guru www.incenseguru.com

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

For the VERY simple minded, like me, I do the candles in Anise Star,

particularly votives. A simple anise scented votive in the pumpkin makes

you a HERO in eyes of accompanying parents and grandparents for the States

version of Halloween. They are so strong you have your whole " outdoor "

porch smelling of floating licorice treats. Considering there's many of us

who bite into licorice and immediately transport to a Halloween bag of

treats, How perfect it's one of the cheapest essential oils and keeps it's

scent true when the candle is burning.

Patti