Attempt at Aromatherapy

Camphor, tea lights and an aromizer are a winning combination for some mid-week calmness.

Though its another story that I do it throughout the week. My home fills up with a therapeutic, cleansing and embalming fragrance of the camphor while I go about my chores. It pairs well with some lounge music too.

It takes a few minutes for the aromizer to heat up from that little tea light, and once it has, a delicate steam rises from the warming water mixed with the camphor tablets.

My memories of Karpoor (Sanskrit for Camphor) is not too great though. My great Grandmother used these waxy, white substance to flavor drinking water during the summers and also her marble-size Narkel Naru. I hated both.

Now, I am glad I have been able to re-discover this soul-soothing substance called camphor in my own way.