Ask anyone who knows me and they’ll tell you that I’m prone to getting a little bit stressed out and worked up. Despite years of therapy I’m still not amazing at calming myself back down under pressure, so the offer of this de-stress aromatherapy balm from Scentered turned out to be a bit of a god-send.

Scentered is a new brand on my radar and one I wish I had discovered sooner. Based on using scent as a mental trigger to get to your desired mindset, using three basic principles:

Stop – Apply a balm directly to your wrist, neck and temples or light a Scentered candle to purposefully fill the room with mindful meaning.

Inhale – Raise your wrists or candle to your nose and deeply inhale, visualising the mind state you wish to achieve in this moment.

Reset – Exhale deeply as you step into the next moment of your daily journey

There are a range of fragrances available to help you with many aspects of life (there’s one for love, one to focus, one for sleep and so many more).
The de-stress balm is definitely the most appropriate for me right now- although sleep wouldn’t go amiss either!

The main question here is did it help? At first I wasn’t sure, but the more I used it the more I realised that the simple act of breathing in and out was making me relax, and as soon as I applied the balm to my wrist I could feel my stress start to dissolve.

I did worry the fragrance might be over-powering, but I needn’t have worried. This particular balm contains camomile, neroli and mandarin and I’ve come to crave it’s calming aroma.

These balms are ideal to keep in your handbag for when stressful situations strike. Scentered also offer candles, gift sets and bundles (get ahead for mother’s day and give the gift of calm!) making it super easy to create your own little ritual and inject a bit of self care and mindfulness in to your day.

The balm sticks cost £14.50 each (far cheaper than stress led impulse purchasing) and last for ages. This balm was gifted to me by the brand but all thoughts are my own.