Gingerbread, a wonderfully warm and comforting fragrance that evokes the scents of the holiday season. Its spicy scent of cinnamon and ginger and its hint of vanilla will transport you directly to a joyful and friendly world.
Here are the essential oils that make up this room fragrance:
Blood orange
- Air freshener, antibacterial, calming, relaxing.
Kaviya S, Santhanalakshmi J, Viswanathan B, Muthumary J, Srinivasan K. Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using citrus sinensis peel extract and its antibacterial activity. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc. 2011 Aug;79(3):594-8. doi: 10.1016/j.saa.2011.03.040. Epub 2011 Mar 23. PMID: 21536485.
Lehrner J, Eckersberger C, Walla P, Pötsch G, Deecke L. Ambient odor of orange in a dental office reduces anxiety and improves mood in female patients. Physiol Behav. 2000 Oct 1-15;71(1-2):83-6. doi: 10.1016/s0031-9384(00)00308-5. PMID: 11134689.
Red mandarin
- Air freshener, antibacterial, balancing of the nervous system, relaxing and promotes sleep.
Dr Jean-Pierre Willem – Essential oils, medicine of the future - Publication date: February 2019 - Edition: Du Dauphin ISBN: 9782716316835 - 311 pages
https://www.doctissimo.fr/sante/aromatherapie/guide-huiles-essentielles/huile-essentielle-de-mandarine-rouge
Dosoky NS, Setzer WN. Biological Activities and Safety of Citrus spp. Essential Oils. Int J Mol Sci. 2018 Jul 5;19(7):1966. doi:10.3390/ijms19071966. PMID: 29976894; PMCID: PMC6073409.
Ginger
- Antibacterial, aphrodisiac.
Dr Françoise Couic Marinier - The Living Earth Guide to Essential Oils - Publication date: September 2017 - Publisher: Terre Vivante - ISBN: 9782360982752 - 409 pages.
Hong Lei, Qiaonian Wei, Qing Wang, Anxiang Su, Mei Xue, Qin Liu, Qiuhui Hu, Characterization of ginger essential oil/palygorskite composite (GEO-PGS) and its anti-bacteria activity, Materials Science and Engineering: C, Volume 73, 2017, Pages 381-387, ISSN 0928-4931, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2016.12.093.
Myrrh
- Antibacterial, antiseptic, harmonizes the nervous system.
de Rapper S, Van Vuuren SF, Kamatou GP, Viljoen AM, Dagne E. The additive and synergistic antimicrobial effects of select frankincense and myrrh oils--a combination from the pharaonic pharmacopoeia. Lett Appl Microbiol. 2012 Apr;54(4):352-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2012.03216. x. Epub 2012 Feb 20. PMID: 22288378.
Pascale Gélis-Imbert, My great manual of essential oils: aromatherapy to treat 122 ailments, - Publication date: October 2018 - Edition: Jouvence - ISBN 9782889530946 - 352 pages.
Cinnamon
- Tonic, stimulating, antiseptic, warming, antibacterial.
https://www.passeportsante.net/fr/Solutions/HuilesEssentielles/Fiche.aspx?doc=huile-essentielle-cannelle-ceylan
Dr Françoise Couic Marinier - The Living Earth Guide to Essential Oils - Publication date: September 2017 - Publisher: Terre Vivante - ISBN: 9782360982752 - 409 pages.
Ángela Perdones, Maria Vargas, Lorena Atarés, Amparo Chiralt, Physical, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of chitosan–cinnamon leaf oil films as affected by oleic acid, Food Hydrocolloids, Volume 36, 2014, Pages 256-264, ISSN 0268-005X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2013.10.003.
Clove
- Antimicrobial, antiseptic, physically and mentally energizing.
Marchese A, Barbieri R, Coppo E, Orhan IE, Daglia M, Nabavi SF, Izadi M, Abdollahi M, Nabavi SM, Ajami M. Antimicrobial activity of eugenol and essential oils containing eugenol: A mechanistic viewpoint. Crit Rev Microbiol. 2017 Nov;43(6):668-689. doi:10.1080/1040841X.2017.1295225. Epub 2017 Mar 27. PMID: 28346030.
Purkait S, Bhattacharya A, Bag A, Chattopadhyay RR. Synergistic antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant efficacy of cinnamon and clove essential oils in combination. ArchMicrobiol. 2020 Aug;202(6):1439-1448. doi:10.1007/s00203-020-01858-3. Epub 2020 Mar 17. PMID: 32185411.
Dr Thierry Telphon – ABC of essential oils – Publication date: 2004 – Publisher: France Loisirs – ISBN: 2744171417 – 357 pages
Nutmeg
- Antiseptic, general stimulant, useful in times of overwork, anxiety, depression, fatigue, stress.
https://www.doctissimo.fr/sante/aromatherapie/guide-huiles-essentielles/huile-essentielle-de-noix-de-muscade
Dr Thierry Telphon – ABC of essential oils – Publication date: 2004 – Publisher: France Loisirs – ISBN: 2744171417 – 357 pages
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