Chapter One
Types of Herbs

Aromatic herbs

 

While some of these may include culinary herbs, aromatic herbs most often are grown for additives in products such as perfumes, toilet water and other items needing a vibrant fragrance.

If your reason for growing herbs is for to obtain additives, you will not be distancing yourself from many other herb growers. But few herbalists cultivate for just for this reason alone. But that's not to suggest the aromatic herbs you grow won't produce a stunning effect in your garden -- because they absolutely will.

Aromatic herbs, just like their culinary cousins possess a long, rich history that goes as far back as the culinary plants. The ancient Egyptians perhaps were one of the most renowned of peoples to use herbs. And they are especially known for the development of a fragrance called Kyphi. Today, we would call it ”incense." This fragrance was traditionally used in religious services as part of a general purification ceremony.