Or are you just confused about where aromatherapy came from and what it's use is. Other scientist follo up on the work of Morris Gattefosse during world war 2 when many soldiers were burnt and also experienced all sorts of other life changing wounds. The art of aromatherapy under different names.

There was a fire at the laboratory and his arm was burnt, so he plunged his arm into the vat of lavender oil, experiencing immediate pain relief from the burns. Lets consider a little about the history and uses of aromatherapy. The terms was first coined by a French chemist in 1920 and refers to the use of various naturally occurring plant substances and in particular oils distilled from plants called essential oils.

Have you heard about aromatherapy but really don't know what it is. Not only that but the burns healed very fast and left virtually no scarring. The chemist was Cross Gattefosse and he "discovered" the healing properties of essential oils following a fire in his laboratory. Research was done into the use of essential oils on burns and various other wounds.

At the time he had a vat of lavender oil there as he was studying the use of essential oils.