My heart opens when I know you, an essential oil enthusiast, who builds an olfactory gathering that is as good as and even better than my collection of fragrant oils, all with its scent and therapeutic capability. But you’ll need to keep your eye on all those delicious aromas. A scent calendar comes in handy in that case. Don’t just think of it as a practical tool, but more as a fun way to check out your HBNO oils over the year. This blog is about my adventure of making a calendar with the fragrances and how this changed my experience of the essential oils!
1. Understanding the Importance of a Scent Calendar
Before we get to the meat of the matter when it comes to organizing your collection of fragrances, I’d like to chat a bit about why a scent calendar is needed by every essential oil individual. A scent calendar helps you:
- Track Your Favorites: By allowing you to note which HBNO oils that you love to use at different times of the year, you are unlocking their seasonal benefits!
- Plan for Events: Having a fragrance calendar means just that, you can plan whether you’re hosting a gathering or need a mood boost in the middle of a stressful week.
- Discover New Combinations: A scent calendar orders you to play with different oils in whatever season you’re in, creating wonderful discoveries!
2. Getting Started: What You Need
Creating a scent calendar doesn’t take many fancy materials, a few basic supplies, and a little creativity! Here’s what I found helpful when I started my calendar:
- Supplies:
- Notebook or Planner: Keep your bias. Something colorful on sale came to mind, so I got myself a planner.
- Pens and Markers: Pads of colored pens or markers will make your calendar fun to look at.
- Stickers or Washi Tape: They are really fun accessories that give your calendar a bit of fun and the opportunity for you to categorize different scents.
3. Category Organizing Your Fragrance Collection
With your supplies in hand, it’s time to get organized! Here’s how to structure your scent calendar for maximum effectiveness:
Monthly Themes:
Each month takes on a theme that corresponds with the scents that align with that time of year. For instance, I love using:
- January: Redesigning winter blues with HBNO lemon and orange scents.
- April: Half exposed to HBNO jasmine and lavender to welcome spring.
- October: Cinnamon candy, warm, spicy scents in the fall like HBNO cinnamon and clove.
But this organization allows me to think in advance about what fragrances I will need, and how to blend them.
4. Scent Tracking Techniques
Once you set your monthly themes, you can begin to track your scents. Here are some techniques I’ve found effective:
Daily or Weekly Logs:
Write which oils you used on that day or week in your calendar. If ever I use each scent, I write down a note about how I felt afterward. Did HBNO eucalyptus oil get me pumped up on a Monday morning? Did I find that I relaxed better with HBNO chamomile oil before bed? It helps me understand over time what are my preferences.
Blending Notes:
Make note of which blends either worked or didn’t work. I’ve been combining HBNO bergamot with cedarwood well and I like what I get… winning grounding aroma.
5. Embracing Seasonal Changes
But part of the joy of using a scent calendar is the opportunity we have to embrace how seasonal the fragrances can be. Here’s how I approach it:
Seasonal Scents:
Select seasonal preferences, and adjust your calendar accordingly. Let’s use something as simple as the weather as an example: I’d reach for a spray of HBNO peppermint and lemongrass to cool down, or even heat up on a winter day with HBNO sandalwood.
Personal Reflection:
Since I flip through my calendar, I start remembering what mood certain scents gave me in every season. Did the HBNO orange oil make me think of a bright sunny day in July? Did I bring lavender to calm me down during busy holiday weeks? These reflections will help make the journey even more rewarding.
6. Making It Fun and Personal
Don’t make creating a scent calendar feel like something to be conquered — it should be fun and a creative outlet! Here are some ideas to add a personal touch:
Color Coding:
Choose the color for different fragrance types like citrus, floral, or woody. It’s really easy to notice which essential oils you’re consistently enjoying with this visual cue. Bright pink is so pretty for floral scents and sunny yellow for citrus oils — I love it!
Incorporate Special Occasions:
Use specific scents to mark special occasions, holidays, or personal occasions. One example is I’ve always used HBNO ginger oil during Thanksgiving as it has warm, spicy notes to make you think of comfort and family gatherings.
7. Sharing the Experience
When you have your scent calendar set up why not share it with friends and family? Have an essential oil party so everyone can create their calendar. Betting on two and sharing with two feels like a fantastic way to bond, share tips, and learn more scents with together!
Personal Experience:
To kick off a new year of essential oil use and to inspire my friend to join me on this journey, I hosted a small gathering with my essential oil-loving friends and we made scent calendars drinking herbal tea and diffusing our favorite oils. A lovely afternoon of laughter and fragrance exploration that turned into.
8. Calendar Revisit and Update
You might also find that your scent holds less or greater importance to you as time goes on. Revisit and update your calendar regularly. Here’s how:
Seasonal Reviews:
When the new season rolls around, take a look at your calendar and determine whether you want to start using any new HBNO oils. Maybe you’ve got into the HBNO patchouli you wouldn’t have been paying attention to last fall?
Adjusting Themes:
Based on what you learn about your preferences, you are free to change up your monthly themes. Don’t be afraid to include minty scents more frequently if you discover you like them all year long.
Conclusion
Experimenting with new aromas and having a fun way to organize your essential oils is what the scent calendar is for. Tracking your fragrances, embracing the season, and sharing the experience with others will help deepen your connection to the far-reaching world of essential oils.
Grab your supplies, let your creative juices flow, and begin creating your scent calendar! Wishing you a year of delicious aromas and thrilling scents in your HBNO essential oils! Happy scenting!
