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[ 60 ] • # dayspamagazine • january 2018 alternative health by Alexa Joy Sherman Scents and Sensibility Everything you need to know about essential oils—and how to successfully deliver them to your clientele. © GETTY IMAGES T here's no doubt about it—people are embracing essential oils in a big way these days. According to a July 2017 report from Dublin- based Research and Markets, the global essential oils market has grown steadily over the last few years, and is expected to exceed $11 billion by 2022. "Essential oils off er an immediate and intimate way for people to connect with the plant kingdom and its many remedies," says Tammy Fender, owner of Tammy Fender Holistic Skin Care in West Palm Beach, Florida. "At the same time, they help create an experience in the treatment room. Their power is subtle, but essential oils so easily bring the healing atmosphere to life." In the spa arena, they are the cornerstone of aromatherapy, a word coined in 1928 by French chemist René-Maurice Gattefossé, who discovered lavender oil's medicinal properties when he applied it to a burn following a lab accident. In the 1950s, aromatherapy became popular with massage therapists, beauticians and other healthcare providers, but it really took off stateside in the 1980s with the country's growing interest in complementary and alternative medicine.