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Using Aromatherapy to Improve Sex and Your Love Life

As humans we thrive on being loved and on our ability to love others. Sex and love has always been intricately woven in human history. Essential oil aphrodisiacs can provide assistance when couples wish to experience pleasure in a natural and healthful way. Would you rather smell like a smelly sock or smell sexy when you are trying to romance your mate? Understanding aromatherapy can help you to answer this question correctly.

Did you know that your sense of smell influences your taste in food, and how attractive you are to the opposite sex? Scents can turn someone on in a romantic way or turn him or her off as in being repulsed by your odor.

There have been numerous studies on the issue of how important the sense of smell is to experiencing pleasurable romantic feelings. Sex is often mysterious but uncovering what is romantic and what is down right smelly can either make or break your romantic plans.

Studies into the arena of smells reveals fascinating facts such as that women tend to prefer males who smell similar but not exactly like themselves and men prefer women with a body odor such as what they smell like when they are experiencing the fertile time of month. Interestingly enough it also appears as if women look at least 6 years younger to men when they can smell grapefruit while viewing the woman's picture. Men are also aroused by the scents of lavender then they are by smells such as those from foods like doughnuts and licorice. Women are also aroused by the scent of lavender.

Certain aromatherapy essential oils are known aphrodisiacs such as geranium, jasmine, myrrh, nutmeg, patchouli, pine, and rose and ylang ylang.

Spicy smells turn men on such as those of ginger, cinnamon and black pepper.

Women may experience decreased sex drive as they age. Low libido can occur in older women as a result of stress and anxiety, or as a natural occurrence during menopause. Aromatherapy can be utilized in these situations and used directly on the skin using carrier oil, diffused or inhaled. Neroli is a solvent extracted from "Citrus Aurantruim". Neroli is brown in color and has a pleasant, exotic floral scent. It can be used not only to increase libido in women but also to help relieve stress, which can often lead to loss of sexual appetite.

Women going through menopause and experiencing loss of sexual desire, can find help in using essential oils such as patchouli, rose and rosewood. Patchouli is distilled from Pogostemon Cablin and has a deep golden brown color. It has an earthy, woodsy aroma. Rose is deep red in color and has a floral aroma to it. Rosewood is not as strong a scent as rose oil and is a scent that is more woody and fruity in nature.