What are "Escentials"?

Escentials are body, skin care products, and perfumes that feature whole aromatic botanicals, plant remedies, organic, wild-crafted, and rare essential oils, that support sustainable and regenerative growing practices. Organic materials are used whenever available. No parabens or sulfates, no animal testing, no synthetic fillers or preservatives. They are the original green products.

What is Aromatherapy?

Aromatherapy is the use of nature's finest quality botanicals, organic (whenever available), wild-crafted, precious and rare essential oils, the scent form the plant. They are harvested ar specific times to honor the cycles of growing and when the particular plant gives off the most profound fragrance. These essential oils support wellbeing for living beings such as humans and animals.

What are "Green" products?

GREEN is finally having its day! The whole world is waking up to Green and the importance of Sustainability. It is critical that we pay attention to what the Earth needs to support life on this beautiful planet. All of our lives depend on it! In the 1980's, I founded my first company of "green products" with the first true essential oil candles. As a pioneer of aromatherapy, when you could count the number of players on one hand, that same company in ten years had over 100 products with wide retail visibility. I started making hand-crafted all natural, from organic and wildcrafted ingredients... ‘green' products. I have never looked back... only grown with it!

What is a botanical perfume?

Botanical perfume or parfumerie, are Parfums and Parfum Splashes (lighter versions of perfumes) that are crafted and created from whole aromatic plant remedies, organic, wild-crafted, and rare essential oils, and biodynamic botanicals that support sustainable and regenerative growing practices. Organic essential oils and materials are used whenever available, and are noted on the labels and ingredients lists.

Where do you get your essential oils and botanicals?

All of my ingredients come from the countries where they grow indigenously, are wild-crafted, consciously cultivated, or grown sustainably. I search the world for the highest quality materials.

Why do you donate to indigenous communities?

I donate a portion of the sales to indigenous communities in the production regions of our suppliers, to assist sustainability and independence. I want to encourage organic farming practices and assist these communities and individuals to be self sufficient and independent.

Why do you donate to organizations that support "healthy waters" on the Earth?

Water is the life-blood of our beautiful planet. It is crucial that we protect all our planet's waters, oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, streams, underground springs, and sources. By supporting clean, healthy waters, we ensure our thriving and the survival of millions of indigenous species.

Why is "Honor. Regenerate. Thrive." associated with Ixchel Leigh Escentials?

Because we must "Honor" our Earth, and be sustainable, to "Regenerate" in order to "Thrive" all species on the Earth Mother.

Why is "Ancient. Modern. Wisdom." associated with Ixchel Leigh Parfumerie?

I reach into the past and bring forward the wisdoms of our ancestors to create and design truly unique botanical parfums. Blending "Ancient" alkemie, the wisdoms of the great healers and thinkers, with "Modern" technology to create perfumes that support "Wisdom." Not just fragrances that smell good, each one has a greater purpose.

What do you mean your fragrances have a "greater purpose?"

Fragrance and perfumes have to do more than just smell good in today's world. Since smell affects moods and emotions, my parfums support an individual's overall wellbeing and encourages them to be the magnificent beings they were designed to be. They affect Body, Mind, Emotions, and Spirit.

How does smell affect emotion?

Smell registers in the part of the brain where memory and emotion is stored. Smell can propel you immediately to the emotions of either a happy or an unpleasant memory. With botanicals, organics and naturals, it is scientifically proven that they are potent players in influencing the wellbeing of humans.

How can you affect wellbeing?

Put these together ~ fragrance/smell and botanical organic/naturals ~ and you have a powerful recipe that triggers wellness on many levels and protects our precious resources at the same time!

How do your products effect wellbeing?

Today people feel the need to empower, soften, and refresh their lives in an often-perceived chaotic world. My products can do this. Humans are affected on all levels of their being by Nature and all her gifts.

Who can benefit from your products?

Everyone! Individuals who: work in offices, stay home, (or do both); live in cities, suburbs, or rural areas; take care of elder family members, or children; have critical health issues; are bored and want to feel special; feel lost and lonely and search for meaning in their lives; have full lives and need some special moments to nurture themselves.

Who is Ixchel Leigh?

Ixchel Leigh "The Fragrance Alkemist," botanic parfumeur artiste and LOHAS Guru (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) for more than two decades. A former Parisian model, previously married to a Bollywood star, Ixchel has dedicated her artistic endeavors to improving the quality of life on our beautiful planet Earth. As one of the pioneers of botanical perfumes and aromatherapy, Ixchel has provided custom alkemical parfums and essential spa-quality body care to distinguished spas, such as the Golden Door, and to individuals and celebrities world-wide. She encourages her clients to find their passions in life, rekindle their personal uniqueness, and to support their individual dreams, goals and desires, in order to be the magnificent beings they were designed to be.

What is the meaning of the Logo?

Our logo is a lotus flower, enveloped within a drop of essential oil, encased by a square. The Lotus is a symbol from before the Ancient Egyptians of spiritual growth and transformation of the human soul into being the magnificent being of its origin.
The drop enveloping the Lotus represents a sacred drop of essential oil from Nature’s Gifts and Vibrational Medicine… Botanicals. Essential Oils have healing properties and are said to be the Life-force of the plant.
The square represents the physical world and finding our balance within it. It represents the four directions: East, South, West, North. The four cardinal elements: Wind, Fire, Earth, Water. Each and every one of us are seeking our balance within the elements of the planet, on our precious Earth, and evolving to become the luminous beings of our original design.