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		<title>Neroli, the Princess’ Favorite</title>
		<link>http://eugeniaessentials.com/2010/02/18/neroli-the-princess%e2%80%99-favorite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Carroll</dc:creator>
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The time is not far off when the air in Central Florida will be heavy with the intoxicating sweet scent of orange blossoms. One of the most fragrant is the bitter orange blossom. The bitter orange tree yields three distinct oils, one from the blossoms: Neroli; the rind of the fruit: bitter orange; and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Queen of Flowers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Carroll</dc:creator>
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This Valentine&#8217;s Day some lucky ladies will be receiving roses, “The Queen of Flowers.” The reputation  for roses symbolizing love goes back to ancient mythology where the 1700&#8217;s Spanish opera &#8220;La purpura de la rosa&#8221; or &#8220;Blood of the Rose&#8221; describes a scene in which Venus&#8217; lover Adonis has been wounded by Marte (Mars) disguised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mouse in the House</title>
		<link>http://eugeniaessentials.com/2010/02/07/mouse-in-the-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Carroll</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems no matter where I have lived, when winter comes, I have been plagued with a mouse taking up residence in my house. The stories of me vs. mice are legend. One time in NY, I had left a box of white powder sugar donuts on the kitchen counter. I was in the living [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on a birthday</title>
		<link>http://eugeniaessentials.com/2010/02/03/reflections-on-a-birthday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Carroll</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well today marks the entry of another year of living for me.  I had to make a visit to the Department of Motor Vehicles to renew my license and photo.  They now require like 10 forms of ID to assure them you are a legal resident and not an illegal alien or terrorist.  I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refreshing Citrus Paradisi!</title>
		<link>http://eugeniaessentials.com/2010/01/31/refreshing-citrus-paradisi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Carroll</dc:creator>
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I always look forward to when citrus is in season, in particular Grapefruit. Grapefruit is much maligned by some because of its tartness, but I absolutely love eating a fresh grapefruit each morning. I mean really, how could you say anything bad about a fruit whose botanical name is “Citrus Paradisi?” The name alone sounds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vanilla&#8217;s Fated Lovers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Carroll</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the word vanilla is often used to describe something as plain, boring or maybe even bland. However, the history of vanilla is anything but! Vanilla comes from a tropical orchid and was first cultivated by the pre-Columbian Totonac people of Mexico. Totonac mythology told a story of the goddess Princess Xanat who ran off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soap&#8230;it&#8217;s a simple lifesaver</title>
		<link>http://eugeniaessentials.com/2010/01/16/soap-its-a-simple-lifesaver/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Carroll</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I decided to make a batch of lemongrass soap.  While I was stirring the batch I started thinking about the earthquake in Haiti. I could not even begin to imagine what it would be like to lose my home, a friend or family member, or even a limb in an earthquake.  As I wondered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Magi’s Gifts-Part Two: Myrrh</title>
		<link>http://eugeniaessentials.com/2009/12/19/the-magi%e2%80%99s-gifts-part-two-myrrh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Carroll</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The story of the Magi has always fascinated me. Who were they and where did they really come from? There is much controversy about the origins of the Magi, whose names we have commonly accepted today as Melchior, Balthazar and Caspar.]]></description>
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		<title>The Magi’s Gifts-Part One: Frankincense</title>
		<link>http://eugeniaessentials.com/2009/12/13/the-magi%e2%80%99s-gifts-part-one-frankincense/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Carroll</dc:creator>
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As Christmas approaches I started thinking about two of the gifts presented to the baby Jesus by the Magi: Frankincense and Myrrh. When I was a child, I always wondered what these two mysterious gifts were and why would anyone give these to a baby?  Frankincense has been revered since biblical times and was a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earthy Patchouli</title>
		<link>http://eugeniaessentials.com/2009/11/20/earthy-patchouli/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Carroll</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love the scent of Patchouli! It is high on my list of favorite essential oils. The smell of it evokes visions of barefooted earth mothers with flowers in their hair, wearing peasant blouses and long gauze skirts. While it was the perfume of choice with the 70s hippy crowd, Patchouli never really went out [...]]]></description>
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