The Globe and Mail: Aromatherapy company Saje Natural Wellness enjoys the sweet smell of success

Timothy Caulfield, who examines health, wellness and beauty trends in the Netflix show A User's Guide to Cheating Death, says essential oils smell pleasant, there's an intuitive appeal to their "concentrated flower power," and personal anecdotes about their supposed effectiveness abound. But when it comes to the science backing their purported health benefits, "the available evidence that does exist is either tremendously thin, shows no effect, has methodological flaws," says Caulfield.

16 June 2019