Ancient Greeks used aromatic plants in sacred rituals meant to please the gods. Egyptians considered myth and frenkincense to be as precious as jewels. But it wasn't until a French chemist named Rene Maurice Gattefosse burned his arm in a laboratory explosion that the practice of aromatherapy became popular in post-modern society.

As the story goes, Gattefosse quickly plunged his arm into a nearby vat of lavender oil. The resultant quick healing and lack of scarring led him to a lifetime study of essential oils. His native country, France, is still the world's leading influence in the practice of aromatherapy in medicine and body care.

At Sacred Mountain we believe that Aromatherapy is alive and well in our little corner of the world too. And although the retail marketplace has literally erupted with an epidemic of products boasting aromatic qualities, Sacred Mountain products have nothing in common with those because aromatherapy is as personal and distinct as each individual on earth. It can't be mass produced.