Aroma and fragrance are the symbols of purity and calmness. A scintillating fragrance induces romanticism in the atmosphere. Opening up a new world to aroma and essence, the oil fragrance lamps have become an integral part of interior designing of homes. An oil fragrance lamp exudes coziness and emits a sense of spirituality when placed in a room.

Oil fragrance lamps are considered a better option than candles and incenses for the sole reason that these lamps do not exude smoke but work on the catalytic burner technology. The catalytic burner technique owes its origin in the 1800s when the technique was developed for hospitals and mortuaries. Traveling from that age, the oil fragrance lamps have now been shunned for their medical use but are more commonly being used in homes and offices as pieces of fragrance emitting devices. Along with this they also purify the air by decomposing the odor molecules into harmless substances like carbon dioxide and water.

Working of the lamps:

As mentioned the oil fragrance lamps works on catalytic burner technology. The fragrance lamp contains a stone made catalytic burner that is heated by flame to reach a particular level of temperature. On being lit, the flame is extinguished and the burner continues with heat regeneration. The lamp has a vessel containing fragrant oil. This vessel is placed on the catalytic burner. On being heated the burner heats the oil and continuous fragrance flows through out the room.

The catalytic burner technology is considered better for the introduction of fragrance in the air, when compared with incense sticks or scented candles for a few reasons. The first of these is the absence of the smoke generated by the burning of incenses and candles. Also the heating element is better than continuous burning ember or an open flame. Also with a suitable sized fragrance lamp there is no need to keep replacing it as with candles and incense sticks. The only requirement is a refill of the oil. Read the rest of this entry »