A Deep Breath

When you want that cool, open-air feeling of a really deep, clear breath, this is the formula to grab. A Deep Breath combines peppermint and eucalyptus with rosemary and lavender in a rich shea and beeswax salve. The formula was built around two very different pieces of aromatic chemistry: menthol from peppermint and 1,8-cineole from eucalyptus.

You'll make the salve yourself and learn exactly why those two compounds create such a distinctive sensory experience.

What You'll Make

Your own 2 oz botanical breathing salve using two NRI aromatic formulations:

• Inhale

• Pure

What's in the Kit

• Shea butter

• Beeswax

• Apricot kernel oil

• Inhale aromatic formulation

• Pure aromatic formulation

• 2 oz salve tin

• Custom label

• Mixing supplies

• Gloves

• Botanical Lab formulation instructions

• Apothecary Card

The Science Lesson

Why does eucalyptus help you breathe more freely?

You'll learn about 1,8-cineole, one of the major constituents of eucalyptus oil, and its role in respiratory formulations. You'll also examine menthol, the compound responsible for peppermint's characteristic cooling sensation.

Menthol interacts with TRPM8 cold receptors, producing a cooling sensation even though the temperature of your skin has not changed. Eucalyptus and 1,8-cineole bring a different sensory profile to the formula.

You'll learn how these compounds interact with the sensory and respiratory systems, why they produce the sensations they do, and how that chemistry influences the way a botanical breathing formulation is built.