On a hill in Yongin stands House of Life, a space where single mothers and their babies stay. Because new life must always be prepared for, it is often called an “ER.” Unexpected situations may occur, but it is a place that never lets go of hope and embraces life. This was already our third visit to the House of Life. The ninth journey of AROMATICA’s Mom-Comfort Therapy began here.
Mom-Comfort Therapy has been AROMATICA’s project since 2023, created to support the psychological stability of single mothers through aromatherapy. It is a program that delivers heart-care AROMATICA can do best—healing weary days with scent.
“I believe that when you do something good, good things return to you.” For this visit, a special guest—one of our customers, Seen—joined us. “It’s my first time at a single-mother shelter. It feels more like everyday life than I expected. Everyone is living their own time, and I felt like I quietly stepped into it for a moment.” The words were light, but the thought behind them was steady and warm. Volunteering wasn’t grand; it was a brief meeting of different daily lives, leaving a lasting warmth.
Comfort felt through the skin, encouragement carried by nature’s scent
The five mothers we met came from different hometowns, most from Southeast Asia.
In a foreign country and during a sensitive time of pregnancy, aromatherapy carried special meaning.
We shared ways to relax body and mind with essential oils, and how to use body lotion and oil.
As scent slowly settled into the skin, we saw shoulders loosen and hearts open little by little.
One mother smiled when she recognized AROMATICA’s body lotion she already uses. “Seeing what I use at home here again makes me feel both happy and thankful.” From today on, we hope AROMATICA will carry a slightly different meaning for her— not just a beauty product, but a memory of today’s touch and care, a voice of comfort.
During the visit, Seen shared a special conversation with one mother who is exploring ways to become self-reliant. “I thought relying on an institution might be easier, but she said to show her child a better world, she must stand on her own. I felt again how incredible mothers are.” Listening to her, Seen hoped that when she becomes a mother someday, she could take out this memory and look at it again— to do her best in the given situation and to keep sharing with others.
Keep going, increase the frequency of happiness
Seen looked at AROMATICA’s volunteer work with warmth.
As a company, we don’t stop at selling products; we try to offer practical help and warmth—
which moved her deeply. She recalled a line from a book she read, The Origin of Happiness:
“Happiness isn’t the intensity of joy; it’s the frequency.”
She wished that happy moments would come more often—much more often—for all mothers, including single mothers.
An unfinished journey, passing warmth along
Mom-Comfort Therapy is not simply a donation project.
It began from the wish that the warmth in a handoff—the warmth carried by our hands—would reach many more people.
And this journey will continue. Good deeds create more good deeds.
AROMATICA will keep walking forward with that belief, step by steady step.
