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Inside The Natural Living Lab
The art, the heart, and the science of every oil.
Give yourself six weeks and one molecule at a time. This is the deeper step, the one where essential oils stop being a shelf of pretty bottles and start making sense in your hands.
Beginner-friendly. Endlessly deep. Two live gatherings every week.
You'll be learning alongside 5,000+ members already growing with us.
The whole of an oil
Every essential oil is three things at once. Most of us only ever learn one. For six weeks, we hold all three together, one component at a time, and that is the moment an oil stops being a label and becomes something you truly understand.
Blending is a craft. You learn to listen to an oil, balance a blend, and make something that feels unmistakably like you. Hands on the bottles, every single week.
Oils carry lived experience and long tradition. We honor how they make us feel and the stories people bring to them, because that is half of why they matter.
Underneath it all is chemistry. Learn the one component doing the work, and suddenly every oil that shares it becomes legible. This is the lens that changes everything.
Hold the three together, and what you can create starts to feel limitless.
The shift
It is the difference between owning a hundred bottles and knowing what to do with them. Once you can spot the component doing the work, oils sort themselves into a handful of families you understand, and blending stops feeling like a guessing game.
Blend the molecule, not the label. That's the whole superpower, and you'll have it by the end of week one.
A real, repeatable way to choose oils on purpose. The confidence to swap an oil you're out of for one with the same chemistry. And a small shelf of blends you made yourself, that fit your actual life.
No experience needed. Beginners are exactly who this is for.
Your six weeks
We start soft and steady, add brightness, then layer in release, clarity, grounding, and deep support. A single molecule to focus on each week, and by week six you'll be combining them with real intention.
The gentlest molecule on the shelf, found in lavender, ho wood, and basil ct. linalool.
The sunny lift in citrus oils like grapefruit and blood orange.
The soft, settling note in lavender, bergamot mint, and petitgrain.
The fresh, breathable quality in cardamom, ravintsara, and rosemary.
The forest note in frankincense, juniper berry, and pine.
The warm, grounding component in black pepper, copaiba, and hops.
A friendly challenge
Here is the invitation: pick up one molecule a week, make a few blends, and let yourself be a little stretched. You do not need a science background or a full shelf. You need curiosity and a handful of bottles.
Every week is a small step, taught gently, with a whole community taking it right alongside you. That is the secret. You do not do this alone.
Tuck in. This is the fun kind of hard.
How the series runs
A lesson to learn at your own pace, plus two live gatherings every week: a make-along and a Q&A with your instructors.
One component opens in the community. Read it at your own pace, with the chemistry made plain and the recipes ready to make.
A 60-minute make-along every Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. Mountain Time. Bring your bottles and blend right alongside us. Can't make it live? The replay stays in the community.
A separate live Q&A every Monday at 11:00 a.m. Mountain Time, where you hop on and ask Karen and Jenny directly: about the chemistry, a blend that isn't landing, or where to take it next.
Post what you made and how it felt. This is where the chemistry clicks and the friendships happen.
Week one alone
And many more across the series. Real blends, for real moments, made with your own hands.
A pocket-sized reset built around linalool. A few slow breaths, and the day feels easier to set down.
A nightly wind-down that turns getting ready for bed into something you look forward to.
A 20-minute permission slip to do nothing at all, with linalool reaching you through steam and skin.
The easiest way to blend along
The Essential Oil Chemistry 101 Kit from Aromatics International brings together every oil, carrier, and bottle we reach for across the series, matched to the lessons, so you can blend along from the very first week without tracking down a single ingredient.
Optional, of course. You're always welcome to use oils you already own and swap by chemistry as you go. But if you'd love to just open a box and start blending, this is the simplest way in.
Add the full kit for the biggest saving, or build your own.
Why go this deep
This is the quiet promise of the chemistry lens. The more you understand, the more you can do, and the less you ever feel lost at your shelf.
Is this you?
Voices from the community
"Sweet Basil is like a bear hug. It envelopes me in warmth."An NLC member
"All the beauty of Lemongrass without all the aldehydes!"Ann L.
"True Lavender is what brought me to aromatherapy. She will always have a special place in my heart, and my travel kit."An NLC member
Meet your guides
Karen and Jenny Williams are the mother-daughter duo behind Aromahead Institute. Together they lead the series, teach the weekly make-alongs, and host the Monday Q&A. You won't be learning from a faceless course. You'll be learning from us.
Co-Owner, Aromahead Institute · Director of Education
Karen began as a registered nurse, where she saw how essential oils could support everyday well-being. That spark grew into years of study, research, and a true calling for teaching. Nothing lights her up more than helping people tap into what essential oils can offer.
Co-Owner, Aromahead Institute · Director of Student Experience
Jenny brings a background in teaching together with her love of aromatherapy to help students thrive. She knows how it feels to learn something new, and her joy is watching members gain confidence, refine their skills, and turn a passion into something meaningful.
Where it can lead
The chemistry lens you'll use in these six weeks is the same one taught all the way through the Aromahead Institute Aromatherapy Certification Program. Start here, free. If it lights something up in you, we'll show you exactly where the path goes.
Before you join
Not at all. We teach the chemistry in plain language, one component a week, and beginners are exactly who this is built for. Curiosity is the only prerequisite.
Yes. The whole series lives inside The Natural Living Lab, our free Skool community. Join free, and the lessons and live workshops open to you week by week.
One short lesson plus two optional live gatherings each week: a 60-minute make-along (Wednesdays) and a separate Q&A with Karen and Jenny (Mondays), both at 11:00 a.m. Mountain Time. Join either one live or catch the replays. Read and blend at your own pace; the recipes are quick to make.
No problem. Both the make-along and the Q&A are recorded, and the replays stay in the community, so you can blend along and catch the answers whenever you have the time.
Yes, and we'd love you to. Beyond the lessons, there's a dedicated live Q&A every Monday at 11:00 a.m. Mountain Time where you can come on and ask Karen and Jenny directly: about the chemistry, a blend that isn't quite landing, or where to take your practice next. Replays stay in the community if you can't join live.
A few oils and a carrier to start. Each lesson lists simple supplies, all available through Aromatics International. Want the easiest path? The Essential Oil Chemistry 101 Kit packs everything for all six weeks into one box and saves you up to 30%. Either way, you can build your shelf as you go.
Join The Natural Living Lab and start Blend by Chemistry with us. It's free, it's friendly, and week one is waiting.
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