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Fully updated and now containing over 800 recipes and 125 Essential Oil profiles, The 25th Anniversary Edition of The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy is an incredible resource for everyone who wants to use essential oils effectively.

The original 1991 edition of Valerie Ann Worwood's The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy was the first book I purchased pertaining to essential oils or aromatherapy. I am grateful to Valerie Ann Worwood as the original 1991 edition helped me begin to properly incorporate aromatherapy into my lifestyle. This, in turn, lead to my growing personal and professional interest in the field of aromatherapy.

It is now 25 years since the publication of that original edition, and I'm feeling nostalgic and am excited that Valerie Ann Worwood has significantly updated it to now include expanded content, some safety information, 125 essential oil profiles and 200 additional recipes.

Even if you already own and love the original edition of the book, you may find it worth purchasing a copy of the new 25th edition as much of the content has been significantly updated. For comparison, the new 25th Anniversary Edition of The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy is approximately 250 pages longer than the original, and the book page width is about 1" wider. It's quite a hefty paperback.

I love Valerie Ann Worwood's knowledgeable yet friendly and easy-to-understand writing style. I also like that she integrates essential oil and aromatherapy suggestions with other complementary suggestions relevant to each of the topics that she covers. I found this approach especially helpful when first reading her original version of this publication, and I continue to find this approach to be valuable.

Below are a few of the areas the book covers and my comments about them.

Essential Oil Safety

The new 25th Anniversary Edition of The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy now includes a Safety Information chapter. However, the Safety Information chapter is only 3 pages long, and it appears as the very last chapter of the book. Using essential oils shouldn't be something any of us should be fearful of, but essential oil safety is important. So, the chapter appearing as the last chapter of the book weirds me out a bit.

However, Valerie Ann Worwood does integrate relevant safety information into each of the covered topics throughout the book, and each of the 125 essential oil profiles contains a "Precautionary Advice" section with safety and contraindication information.

The safety information presented within the book is very helpful, but it should not be considered complete.

For example, the Cooking with Essential Oils chapter is a wonderful opportunity to share practical and safe information on the subject, but I do wish that the opportunity was taken to ensure that readers fully understand some key basics regarding the differences between essential oils used sparingly for culinary use and ingestion. More safety information would be prudent out of care and concern for readers who sometimes may draw drastic and unsafe conclusions.

Essential Oil Profiles

The 25th Anniversary Edition of The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy includes 125 brief essential oil profiles to this edition. Each essential oil profile averages approximately 1/2 page and includes these sections:

• Type of Plant
• Part Used
• Method of Extraction
• Data (An overview of the botanical and oil)
• Principal Places of Production
• When Buying Look For (Discusses Color and Aroma)
• Therapeutic Properties
• Therapeutic Uses
• Blends Well With
• Precautionary Advice