| For years and years I loved my ceramic | | | | considered electric diffusers somehow inferior. |
| aromatherapy diffuser. It provided a lovely aroma, and | | | | Determined to convince me, my friend gave me an |
| a real sense of atmosphere in my room! That's why I | | | | overnight loan of hers. Well, I was prepared to try it |
| avoided the new electric essential oil diffusers when | | | | out, at least for a night! |
| they first started coming out on the market. It seemed | | | | One thing I immediately noticed when I tried it: I used |
| to me that these new diffusers were cold and clinical | | | | less essential oil. This was a big plus! Also, it had the |
| compared to the traditional ones. | | | | benefit of "set and forget". I no longer had to |
| However, somewhere along the way I changed my | | | | constantly check the level of water to ensure I had |
| mind. Firstly, one thing I hated with my ceramic diffuser | | | | enough (there's nothing worse than burning your |
| was that I was going through tealight candles at a | | | | diffuser dry). I also found that the aroma produced by |
| rapid rate. I decided to purchase some of the cheaper | | | | the oils seemed to penetrate the air better, despite |
| tealight candles as a result, but they didn't last as long | | | | using less oil. So, I did a bit of research. It turns out that |
| and they left a great deal of soot on the underside of | | | | the electric diffusers are somehow able to produce |
| the diffuser bowl. To me, this soot indicated the | | | | microparticles of the essential oils, which allows them |
| candles were no good. The last thing you want with | | | | to disperse even better. |
| aromatherapy is to pollute the air with soot and | | | | After an evening's use of my friend's diffuser I |
| goodness knows what other pollutants. For this reason, | | | | returned it, my opinion on these new fangled diffusers |
| I chose the more expensive tealight candles, but | | | | starting to change. Nevertheless, I went back to using |
| wasn't too impressed with the price! | | | | my old ceramic diffuser. I used it for another few days |
| I have a good friend who uses essential oils in her | | | | until I ran out of tealight candles again (at the end of a |
| business, and she told me that she had started using | | | | very stressful day), and that's when I decided to go |
| the new electric diffusers. I told her of my own | | | | and buy my own electric aromatherapy diffuser. |
| skepticism and she explained the benefits to me. For | | | | Occasionally, I still use my old ceramic diffuser, I think |
| starters, there's no mess and no soot, and you don't | | | | more from nostalgia than anything else. However, |
| need a constant supply of good quality tealight candles | | | | most of the time it sits on my mantlepiece looking |
| either. Well, that was quite obvious. However, I still | | | | decorative rather than functional! |