Scent Science Blog

Market Intelligence Leader CB Insights Recognizes Aeroscena® for Innovations in Functional Fragrance

CB Insights, a leading source of market intelligence for the venture capital and private equity investment communities, has recognized Aeroscena® as a company to watch as consumer and commercial i...

What is the Best Essential Oil for Anxiety and Stress?

Article Revised August 19th, 2022 Essential oils for anxiety have been used for hundreds of years. For most of that time, there was no documented, scientific evidence of essential oils’ ...

Global Clinical Aromatherapy Leader Aeroscena Donates PPE Care Packages to First-Line Medical Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Clinical aromatherapy leader Aeroscena has assembled and distributed care packages to help meet the needs of first-line medical workers working around the clock to combat COVID-19 in hospitals acr...

Essential Oils, Aromatherapy, and Self-Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The evidence-based use of essential oils in aromatherapeutic formulas is one way to manage some of the symptoms that are the result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including stress and insomnia, as well ...

How can aromatherapy fight caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, and job burnout in healthcare professionals?

Compassion fatigue, job burnout and caregiver stress are becoming more widely studied and publicized conditions, especially as it pertains to the health of front-line caregivers such as nurses and...

What are aromatherapy patches?

Aromatherapy patches (also known as aromatherapy stickers) are a simple, first-line nursing intervention. While also used in home environments, they were initially developed for hospital use. ...

Does Aromatherapy Work?

The short answer is, yes; aromatherapy does work. The long answer, however, is somewhat more complicated. In truth, whether various aromas have an effect on human physiology and psychology sho...

Scent Habituation and Aromatherapy: Combatting Olfactory Fatigue in Clinical Application

Scent Habituation (also known as Olfactory Fatigue, or “nose blindness”) is the inability to distinguish or “smell” a particular scent as the result of ongoing exposure. The rate at and degree t...

Nebraska Children’s Hospital Researchers Publish Study Demonstrating Successful Use of Ascents® Clinical Aromatherapy to Decrease Pain and Nausea, Improve Mood

Dr. Meaghann Weaver of Children’s Hospital & Medical Center (Omaha, Nebraska) recently published the results of her palliative care study utilizing Aeroscena®'s Ascents®-brand clinical aromat...

What is Clinical Aromatherapy?

At its most basic, aromatherapy is the use of scent for therapeutic purposes. Aromatherapy has been around for as long as humans have been gathering plants. Before the distillation process was inv...