办公室职员在办公室呆的时间最长，所以办公环境的重要性是不言而喻的。当你昏昏欲睡或无法振作起来时，如果你有一股清新的香气，它会让你立刻感到清新，工作效率翻倍。那么，什么香气最有助于提高工作效率呢？
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1. rosemary 迷迭香
Rosemary oils are found to be stimulative. It is said to help increase alertness and in a 2018 study, rosemary is found to help boost memory and focus.
据说迷迭香精油可以提神，提高警惕性。2018年的一项研究发现，迷迭香精油有助于提高记忆力和注意力。
2. Lemon 柠檬
The lemon scent helps to increase focus and a Japanese study on how smells can affect typists’ accuracy concluded that those who worked in lemon-scented workplaces made 54% lesser errors. According to Natural Health Magazine, scientists have also found that “just a whiff of lemon can boost your feel-good hormones and reduce stress levels.”
柠檬香气有助于集中注意力。日本研究了香气对打字员打字准确性的影响，得出结论，在柠檬香气环境中工作的打字员出错率比其他人低54%。据《自然健康杂志》报道，科学家们还发现，“一缕柠檬香气可以帮助释放你感觉良好的激素，降低压力。
3. Peppermint 薄荷
The spicy peppermint scent helps to improve your ability to focus and can boost alertness and memory. When you find yourself constantly distracted by your surroundings, perhaps it is time to diffuse some peppermint essential oils in your office.
辛辣的薄荷香气有助于提高你的注意力，增强你的警惕性和记忆力。如果周围的环境总是让你分心，也许是时候在办公室里放一些薄荷精油了。
4. coffee 咖啡
While most people drink coffee for that caffeine energy boost, the coffee scent alone is said to help people perform better on analytical reasoning tasks. According to FragranceX, “the smell had a similar effect to (as) if they had ingested the coffee.”
大多数人喝咖啡是为了摄入咖啡因来补充能量，但据说仅仅闻咖啡香气就有助于提高人们在分析和推理任务中的表现。香水网站FragranceX“闻咖啡的香气和喝咖啡有类似的效果。
5. Lavender 薰衣草
Lavender is commonly used for relaxation and for falling asleep faster. But did you know that when "lavender essential oil [was inhaled] before doing math problems helped subjects complete the problems faster and more accurately.” The lavender scent is also said to decrease the stress hormone, cortisol, which caused us to be more irritable and less focused.
薰衣草常用于放松和帮助睡眠。但你知道，“在做数学题之前，吸入薰衣草精油香气可以帮助提问者更快地完成问题，提高准确性。”据说薰衣草香气还可以减少压力激素皮质醇的分泌，这会使我们不耐烦，难以集中注意力。
6. Sage 鼠尾草
In a study, Spanish sage essential oil is found to help enhance memory and stimulate brain function, and the scent “significantly improved immediate word recall” in the study’s participants. The robust scent of sage is also said to help reduce stress and anxiety, elevating moods.
一项研究发现，西班牙鼠尾草精油有助于提高记忆力和刺激大脑功能。此外，鼠尾草的香气可以“大大提高（研究参与者）立即记忆单词的能力”。据说，鼠尾草的浓郁香气也有助于减轻压力和焦虑，改善情绪。
7. Vetiver 香根草
Inhaling vetiver scent improves alertness and brain function. A 2016 study also concluded that “the stimulating effects of vetiver essential oil might be beneficial for learning and memory processes” and can be used as a stimulant to improve task performance.
吸入香根草香气可以增强警惕性和大脑功能。2016年的一项研究得出结论，“香根草精油的清爽效果可能有助于学习和记忆”，也可以用来提高工作表现。
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