In fact Madam Maury was an Austrian who opened rejuvenation clinics in England, Paris and Switzerland.
Her research work to demonstrated the effects of essential oils on the nervous system, their influence on the well being of people.http://www.oilsandplants.com/maury.htm
The British school of Aromatherapy is live and well and the research effort continues into the use and applications of essential oils for health and beauty. A number of schools and their alumni are active and combine their efforts in the form of organisations principally IFPA, FHT, IFA.
Each year these UK organisations hold annual general meetings and training conferences
http://www.ifparoma.org/
7th June 2014
http://www.ifparoma.org/public/conference.php
http://www.fht.org.uk/home/
19th/20th July
http://www.fht.org.uk/2014/splash
http://www.ifaroma.org/us/home/
11th October 2014
http://www.ifaroma.org/us/news/ifa-uk-conference-11th-october-2014/
http://botanica2014.com/
5-8th September
This is an important show of plant theraputics with leading international speakers
Training seminars also run at Beauty exhibitions notably BeautyUK, Birmingham NEC
10th,11th May 2015
http://beautyukshow.com/
There is also another strong training link to record and that is with the Soil Association and organic farmers and distillers of essential oils worldwide