Healthy Home Newsletter February 2014 - Volume XVlll, Issue 2 | Page 5

Make Your Own

Fragrance Stirs Emotions For Valentine’s Day

“Recipes for Modern Life”

(NewsUSA) Valentine’s Day, the most romantic day of the year, remains
the day to express heartfelt gratitude for companionship, friendship and
love. It also can be an occasion that will create fond memories for years to
come.
And believe it or not, the fragrance that you wear on this romantic day
can become a significant element of the experience. The reason? The
brain’s smell center, the olfactory lobe, is closely linked to the area that
controls our emotions and memories, the limbic system.
Olfaction, unlike the other senses, goes directly to the emotional rather
than the reasoning part of the brain, which means you “feel” a fragrance,
rather than “think” it through. Because of this phenomenon, for centuries
women have relied on the ability of fragrance to elicit a desired response.
“Fragrance and romance have always gone hand-in-hand. So
connected are the two that we’ve heard many women say that they
continue to wear the scent from their wedding day,” says Darcy Miller,
editor-in-chief of the magazine Martha Stewart Weddings. Therefore,
think carefully when selecting a fragrance to wear this Valentine’s Day,
because it may be one of your most memorable.
“In its pure form, fragrance is an emotional experience,” says Karyn
Khoury, senior vice president of Corporate Fragrance Development
Worldwide, Estée Lauder Companies. “Not only does it express intense
feelings, but fragrance can evoke them as well. And when a fragrance
becomes associated with an event or inspires a positive reaction in
another person, our bond to it becomes especially strong.”
Estée Lauder, for example, chose to capture the feelings of love in both
its classic Beautiful and new Beautiful Love fragrances. By using a
different combination and concentration of ingredients, each fragrance
represents a different facet of love.
Beautiful celebrates the bride’s radiant moment of love with a heady
bouquet of white flowers and rose, confident green notes and rich woods.
Beautiful Love was designed to celebrate the depth of a couple’s shared
love. To achieve this goal, the company created a scent that was inspired
by the voluptuous white florals in the original Beautiful but in a more
understated way.
The fragrance is also infused with a rich, velvety, deeper tonality,
juxtaposed with a modern clarity. Beautiful Love uses less-intense green
notes and leaves a creamier and more sensuous lasting impression.
Because of fragrance’s ability to incite love and passion, it’s no
wonder that fragrance and Valentine’s Day go hand-in-hand.

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Thanks to YOU the word is spreading! Thanks to all of my
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Homemade Finger Paints
As much as we wish they wouldn’t,
we all know toddlers are going to
taste test any substance they can get
their hands on. Take heart though,
this kid-friendly recipe doesn’t use
any toxic substances, and it’s easy to
make.
3 tbs sugar
½ tsp salt
½ cup corn starch
2 cups water
food coloring to desired
density
Combine ingredients in a small
saucepan. Warm until mixture
thickens. Then cool and pour into
containers. Add food coloring to
create desired colors. Have fun.

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