Refreshing Scents in the Summer

When it’s officially summer, we can’t escape the temperature of 40 degrees in Thailand. Even though we don’t leave the house to face the sunshine, we still can’t avoid the hot weather, right? Hot weather like this makes the body tired and also makes us impatient and easily irritated. On top of cool drinks that will help relieve the heat, we have another thing to refresh your mind and body which is the scent. You may wonder how the scent can help. Actually, the scent has properties that improve your mood, adjust your mental state, make you feel relaxed and refreshed, and have a positive effect on the body.

Let’s welcome summer by experiencing the scents that help us be refreshed.

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Jasmine
If you think of flowers that give off a cool scent, the first scent that many people think of is probably jasmine. In the past, many Thai families used to bring floating jasmine in bowls to welcome guests so that they could drink to quench their thirst and make them feel refreshed and relaxed. This white flower with a cool and fresh scent is considered the King of Essential oils because the aroma of jasmine helps balance the mood, relieves headaches and stress, and helps to sleep better. According to Abhaibhubejhr College of Thai Traditional Medicine Prachinburi, jasmine was used as a heart tonic that can relieve heat and thirst, nourish pregnancy, and relieve dizziness.

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Green Grass Leaf
Has anyone ever wondered why when you just finished cutting the grass, there’s a refreshing smell that reaches your nose? Australian researchers discovered that chemicals released from grass when it’s freshly cut give off a smell that makes you feel refreshed, happy, and relaxed. Moreover, it can help avoid mental deterioration in old age.

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Citrus
The scent of fruit in the citrus group is oranges, lemons, and lemons which are reminiscent of a bright summer. The fresh scent of citrus fruits will help you feel energized and more refreshing. It’s a scent that will increase happiness and help reduce stress as well. Moreover, there is research states that the citrus family scent, especially lime, really helps reduce stress and can also help with depression.

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Peppermint
Peppermint has a cool scent with properties that help stimulate the body to feel alert and refreshed. Inhaling the peppermint scent and massaging the diluted oil with peppermint scent into your temples and back of the neck will help relieve fatigue, stimulate blood circulation, prevent sinus and flu symptoms, and relieve nausea, dizziness, motion sickness, heartburn, and diarrhea.

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Eucalyptus
Of course, the first cool and refreshing scent that comes to mind is eucalyptus, which is the scent of natural fragrant wood that makes you feel alert every time. The cool scent of eucalyptus is refreshing, and full of clarity and brightness. Moreover, it can help disinfect the air, cure various respiratory system symptoms, and relax muscles from pain, stress, and fatigue.

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Lily
Lily is a winter flower that represents pure, sweet, sincere love that many people like to give to each other on special days. Besides its beauty, the scent of lily also has a light fragrance that makes you feel relaxed and refreshed, relieve stress, and cure respiratory system diseases.

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Enjoy the refreshing scents in the summer with a jasmine scent in Night at the Library, a citrus scent in Escape the Ordinary, a lily scent in Fleur de mer, and Green Grass Leaf in Planterior.

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