Kia ora e te whānau Wondelust, Hello to you all from good old New Zealand (no we're not part of Austrailia, lol :) ;) ). I often make a joke about how I am allergic to relaxing due to my allergies to both Lavender and Chamomile (Echinaesha too, but thats just due to my asthma). I also suffer with year round hayfever so a lot of floral smells are out too (Geranium is a definite no). I have been looking into oil blends to help with health and well-being (likes of sleep, anxiety, etc.) and just general all round nice smells for the home. Unfourtunately, a lot of these blends have Lavender, Chamomile, and various strong floral notes which I react too, could I please have some help in regards to substitutions in regards to what I am allergic too so I can still benefit from the likes of aromatherepy within my practice and wiccan path.
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I'm not someone who uses aroma therapy or oils so please take this with a grain of salt...
I would recommend either making your own out of things you don't react to or seeing if you can find pure (one ingredient) oils and mixing your own even if you don't extract the oil yourself. Though on the subject of DIY I read an interesting how to that used the herbs you want and your Crock-Pot to extract the oil. I'll see if I can find it in my history and link it in another comment.
As for substitution... First I would go with memory and intuition, what smells bring you comfort? Like cooking smells and such? Like cinimon cookies or even chicken noodle soup. Or look up herbal uses and try their oils for the smell. Afterall the correspondences are the same even if we are using a different sence.
Sorry if this isn't what you were looking for... Keep us informed and I will look for that link!
Thanks a lot, I will look into it
https://www.ehow.com/how_12055425_make-homemade-essential-oils-crockpot.html
This isn't the exact article but the instructions are the same.