Guest guest Posted July 1, 2008 Report Share Posted July 1, 2008 Interesting thought... We decided years ago that we would confine our testing to certain " categories " of products. Those that were going to be used for healing... these are the priorities. Because they HAVE to be what we say they are. We've never tested absolutes, because in most cases, they do not fall within the range of the 'therapeutic' repetoire our clients are using. Emotional healing, yes... but there has also been research using isolates or synthetics that show emotional results - changes in the emotional state of the subjects. (I hate research that does that; I want research to prove that ONLY pure natural products give the results we want!) Do we test every batch from every supplier? Of course not. When I am buying from an individual who takes as much pride in his product as we do, I will test the first round. To make sure. And sometimes " spot test " to make sure that things haven't changed on his end. We test the oils that are going to the hospitals, to the classes that use our oils, and we often test oils bought from resellers. (And its amazing how many oils bought from " big name " importers have proven not to be what we had hoped they would be.) The one time I had an absolute tested it was bought from a " recommended source " to perfumers. He normally had excellent oils. This absolute had been adulterated. I'm sure he didn't know it. He had bought it from a reputable producer in Europe. And received a product that was less than " natural " ... although how subjecting blossoms first to hexane and later to ethanol can yield a " natural " product is beyond me. I would love to have Art Tucker test every oil in our range. At $200 per test...I don't think so. Does this make us irresponsible? Perhaps, in the view of some. What it comes down to is that any individual or business entity has to set their priorities. And our priorities are to offer a realistic balance of testing where it is needed and/or warranted. Perhaps if the perfumers were our target clientele we would test all the absolutes (those that can be tested...many can not for reasons Martin has stated..they'll gum up the machines!) and let the healing oils go. But if one of our oils is going to be used in a research study (and many are!) we need to provide the GC/MS analysis of that essential oil. And we do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2008 Report Share Posted July 1, 2008 Well said, I agree with everything you said. The extracts used in physical therapies are the priority. Research has shown time and time again that semi synthetic or even totally synthetic fragrances affect the brain in several ways. So like it or not, it is a fact that we have to deal with. Martin Watt ATFE2 , " paradisii " <marge wrote: > > Interesting thought... > > We decided years ago that we would confine our testing to > certain " categories " of products. > > Those that were going to be used for healing... these are the > priorities. Because they HAVE to be what we say they are. > > We've never tested absolutes, because in most cases, they do not > fall within the range of the 'therapeutic' repetoire our clients are > using. > > Emotional healing, yes... but there has also been research using > isolates or synthetics that show emotional results - changes in the > emotional state of the subjects. (I hate research that does that; I > want research to prove that ONLY pure natural products give the > results we want!) > > Do we test every batch from every supplier? Of course not. When I > am buying from an individual who takes as much pride in his product > as we do, I will test the first round. To make sure. And > sometimes " spot test " to make sure that things haven't changed on > his end. > > We test the oils that are going to the hospitals, to the classes > that use our oils, and we often test oils bought from resellers. > (And its amazing how many oils bought from " big name " importers have > proven not to be what we had hoped they would be.) > > The one time I had an absolute tested it was bought from > a " recommended source " to perfumers. He normally had excellent > oils. This absolute had been adulterated. I'm sure he didn't know > it. He had bought it from a reputable producer in Europe. And > received a product that was less than " natural " ... although how > subjecting blossoms first to hexane and later to ethanol can yield > a " natural " product is beyond me. > > I would love to have Art Tucker test every oil in our range. At > $200 per test...I don't think so. Does this make us irresponsible? > Perhaps, in the view of some. What it comes down to is that any > individual or business entity has to set their priorities. And our > priorities are to offer a realistic balance of testing where it is > needed and/or warranted. > > Perhaps if the perfumers were our target clientele we would test all > the absolutes (those that can be tested...many can not for reasons > Martin has stated..they'll gum up the machines!) and let the healing > oils go. But if one of our oils is going to be used in a research > study (and many are!) we need to provide the GC/MS analysis of that > essential oil. And we do. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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