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AspiringAuthor
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Default Jun 10, 2019 at 09:28 PM
 
Like you, I am very responsive to scents (in a good way). Here is my fix:

https://www.amazon.com/Empty-Amber-G...dp/B01G98Y1BA/, one for morning and the other for evening (they come with blank stick-it labels, so I labeled one "evening mist" and other "morning mist".

In the evening mist, I dilute lavender essential oil with water (or in water - I am not sure how to say it correctly). With a generous helping of the oil. Before I go to sleep, I spray my pillowcases and fitted sheet.

In the morning mist, I put all sorts of invigorating oils, dilute and - spray the kitchen sink when I come to the kitchen first thing in the morning.

At work, I have little bottles with essential oils - citrus or rosemary - and I sometimes open a bottle and breathe in the scent.

I think you would like that.

I also listen to audiobooks before going to sleep.

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