Miscellaneous uses of lavender and lavender oil

Lavender and its various cultivars and their essential oils (EOs) have been used for centuries in various products, both as a perfume and for their medicinal value. Nowadays, lavender is used mainly as the EO in manufactured products like cosmetics, perfumes, soaps etc, but there has been a general reversion to the use of the dried lavender plant itself in the homespun industry of making products like herbal pillows and lavender bags.