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I have heard that sandalwood and peppermint can inspire the mind. But I guess it depends on the state of mind that you work best in. If you work better under pressure, I would say try citrus scents; for relaxed, try sandalwood and lavender.
It's really a hit oir miss kind of thing, creativity. That's why it's so fleeting in the first place. lol

Since I told Kyoki this recipe that I found for a lotion base, I'm going to repost it there for anyoine who wants it.

Basic Lotion Recipe

First of all, you may want to select containers with colored caps that remind you of the scent you made. Wal-Mart carries empty Pet Bottle with different colored caps in their beauty and travel section. So, I would pick a clear bottle with a purple cap for lavender, as one example.

Heat up 3/4 Cup of Oil of Your Choice in the microwave with 2 teaspoons of Steric Acid and 1 teaspoon of Emulsifying Wax until melted. In a separate plastic bowl with a pour mouth preferably, heat up 1/2 cup of water of your choice (such as rainwater) in the microwave with a 1/2 teaspoon of Borax (the Mule Team stuff) until boiling hot.

Then use the same plastic pour mouth bowl you boiled the water in and slowly whip in the oil mixture with a hand blender. Keep mixing until fairly cool. At this time, you can add vitamin e oil, a little color, fragrance, whatever you consider great stuff! When the lotion seems well mixed, funnel into pretty plastic lotion bottles. If you are going to take longer than a month to use this, I recommend putting a touch of Germaben II to body products; they will tend to form black little microbes after a few months. Vitamin e is a natural preservative and may help.

Variations:

Once you get the chemistry down, the interplay is wide open. You can use green tea instead of water or rainwater, or water infused with whatever herb you like. On the oil side, you can soak the oils in elements such as we do with bee pollen, strain and then use for the oil part. The possibilities are endless and these variations also apply to Cremes below. For those with Eczema or Psoriasis, adding 10% of pine tar at the mixing stage may help them tremendously. In that case, I would use Castor oil as my oil of choice. You can offset the smell of pine tar with cinnamon or nutmeg.

And this website is: Stretcher.com

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Now, I don't personally know of anywhere that you can get straight Steric Acid, but I did find a supply website that has something that can be substitued for the Steric acid and borax mixture, and just about everything else that this recipe calls for.

Supplies

see if you can find out her favourite scents first. many people don't like the smell of lavender.
if she does like it, blending it with ylangylang is VERY relaxing, as in send you straight to sleep xd

rose and lemon is an unlikely but delicious combination.
rose and lavender, a classic mix.
vanilla and sandalwood.
jasmine and use green tea instead of water in the ingredients.

geranium oil might be good too, that's reminiscent of rose, but not as cloying 3nodding

Not chamomile. It's a wonderfully relaxing tea, but it smells... >> Bad. I have chamomile soap and.... *shakes her head* Ickie.

Mint-vanilla does sound delicious! Especially since vanilla smells like cupcakes... so she'd smell like mint-cakes!

lol i agree about the chamomile lol
i have some lotion called Dream Cream that has a LOT of chamomile in it amongst other things, the company that makes it promote it as primarily a healing cream, not a make you smell nice cream, they describe the scent as..freshly dug flower bed rofl

when it's blended with lavender it smells delightful, i'm often suprised when i try new products from Lush, some of their blends sound perculiar, but usually turn out to be delicious.
the last package i received from them had a free bath ballistic in it, Black Pearl it's called, and it's not one i'd ever have tried of my own free will, the fragrance is lavender and blackcurrant. my initial response when i saw it in the box was one of dismay but it turned out to be totally divine! the scent was blended perfectly and fragranced my bathroom for 3 days!!
the bath water turned an alarming shade of black though, leaving the tub looking like i'd just come out of a coal mine lol but it washed away easily 3nodding

anyone else got any experiences like that?

i know i've seen some frangrance blends that i've avoided for years thinking they would be vile, only to discover they're actually lovely, the lavender, ylangylang, patchouli mix for example, as i detest the smell of patchouli rolleyes

Wow, this thread has become popular!
Sorry I haven't been around.

In any case! Camomile and lavender as a blend is actually one of the most generic relaxation scents out there. Now, it's true that chamomile by itself is a little more harsh of a scent. That's why something else that more flowery is added to take the edge off. All in all, I would highly recommend this combination as a relaxation scent if she doesn't already have one.
I'm sure that you could find out if she has a personal favorite. Everyone does. For example, my favorite relaxation scent is baby powder. But if you can't find that out, then camomile and lavender is a good, safe alternative.

I hope that helps!