上班族在辦公室待的時間最長，所以辦公室環境的重要性不言而喻。在你昏昏欲睡或提不起干勁的時候，如果飄來一陣提神醒腦的香氣，將會讓你瞬間神清氣爽，工作效率倍增。那么什么香氣最有助于提升工作效率呢？

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.

迷迭香精油能夠提神，據稱還能提高警覺性。2018年的一項研究發現，迷迭香精油有助于提升記憶力和專注力。

2. Lemon 檸檬

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.”

檸檬香氣有助于集中注意力。日本曾研究過香氣對打字員打字準確度的影響，結論是在散發著檸檬香氣的環境中工作的打字員出錯率比其他人低54%。據《自然健康雜志》報道，科學家還發現，“一縷檸檬香氣就能有助于釋放讓你感覺良好的激素，并能降低壓力水平?！?/p>

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.

辛辣的薄荷香氣有助于提升你的專注力，還能增強警覺性和記憶力。如果周圍環境總是讓你分心，也許是時候在辦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.”

多數人喝咖啡都是為了攝入補充能量的咖啡因，但是據稱光是聞一聞咖啡香氣就能有助于改善人們在分析推理任務中的表現。香水網站FragranceX指出，“聞咖啡香氣和喝咖啡有相似的功效?！?/p>

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助眠。但是你可知道，“在做數學題之前吸入薰衣草精油香氣可以幫助做題者更快做完題目，并提高準確率?！睋Q，薰衣草香氣還能減少壓力荷爾蒙皮質醇的分泌，這種荷爾蒙會讓我們急躁易怒，注意力難以集中。

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.

一項研究發現，西班牙鼠尾草精油有助于提高記憶力、激發大腦功能。此外鼠尾草香氣可以“極大地提高（研究參與者）即刻回憶字詞的能力”。據稱鼠尾草的濃郁香氣還有助于減輕壓力和焦慮情緒、改善心情。

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.

吸入香根草香氣可以增強警覺性和大腦功能。2016年的一項研究得出結論稱，“香根草精油的提神功效可能有助于學習和記憶”，這種功效也可以用來提升工作表現。

英文來源：雅虎新聞

翻譯&編輯：丹妮