Living Magazine Spring 2015 Living Magazine | Page 30

Imagine you had a
magnifying glass strong
enough to see down to
the molecular level.
Take that magnifying
glass and peek into a
drop of essential oil.
What you’d find is an astonishing array
of natural plant chemicals carefully
honed by millennia of evolution,
meticulously sourced and harvested
to preserve the unique bouquet, and
painstakingly extracted to capture

Like humans, plants need
to communicate with their
neighbors. They need to ward
off pests, fight off invaders,
attract the right