Vanilla

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Hi Selket,

 

> Hi Butch, thanks for the information, it's nice to know ALL the facts.

 

Welcome you are .. I guess it would be nice to know all the facts. Wish

I did too .. :-9

 

> But this is also a fact (well in my particular case anyway), not everyone

> can afford to pay for the " real " thing, which is why we have a Marshall

> Fields and a Target. Believe me, if I could afford it, I would buy it.

 

Well .. ;-p I can get along just fine with a Walmart Knights Bridge

shirt. Don't gotta have Arrow or those better. And I can get along well

with a Chevy instead of a Lincoln Town Car .. and even generic orange

juice instead of the brand name .. all will do the job without harming

me.

 

If I was a soap maker .. and inclined to use FOs instead of EO, I could

do well with the cheapest stuff in town long as it smelled good and

didn't give me or others a rash. But if I am going to be sniffing or

diffusing or making a blend for the skin out of a natural product .. I

gotta be sure as I can that it is a quality product cause garbage can

harm me.

 

Considering the difference betwixt $18 or so and $9 or so for a product

that will last a long time in the first place, I'd go with the one I

could be sure was quality. If I used one unit of that product a week as

a matter of routine .. I'd take a look at alternatives .. but this is

not the case.

 

I had a kilo of the finest Certified Organic Corsican Helichrysum

italicum I have ever seen. I kept telling folks I had but one kilo and

could not get anymore this year. Its all gone now .. I can't get

anymore until the next distillation season. So .. am I gonna sell a

different one now? Not no but hell no! Why? Because I haven't found

one that can replace what I had and I won't offer less. It doesn't fit

my modus operandi .. but trying to get folks to stick with high quality

in other oils does fit it .. ;-9

 

I'm telling you this because it is a philosophy for increasing the

margin of safety whilst using natural products .. it is not a sales

pitch because I don't have any Vanilla to offer and if Chris is gonna

run a co-op soon, I don't plan to offer any .. when I do offer it, it

will cost more than her co-op because I will have to sit on the product

till it sells .. she will buy the amount of product that she presales ..

big difference that is.

 

> And since (in my case) it is just for my personal use and as long as

> the " knock offs " don't pose a health threat then it is all good for me.

 

Yep .. IF all the above is the case and the Great Everywhere Spirit is

smiling on you, it'll be fine.. ;-p Again, its a matter of philosophy

and how lucky we feel we are. Even when I was a real young and real

poor dude working part-time jobs for $1.50 an hour while still a young

soldier with a family .. I bought premium grade motor oil for my older

car instead of the cheaper bulk stuff that all service stations sold.

It was a matter of me believing that the financial downside of needing a

major engine overhaul could be worse than the quarter saved on a quart

of motor oil. I feel the same way about essential oils ... IF they are

to be used for therapeutic reasons.

 

If you are making soap .. you have no real need to buy the high-quality

oils .. anyone who is used to using FOs can certainly get by with the

lower quality commercial grade EOs .. or even slightly adulterated EOs

.... like the 40/42 lavender that is expressly made for the perfume

trade. :-)

 

> It's nice to have these options. Selket

 

Yes it is .. but if you are planning to use a natural product for

personal health care reasons .. your options are really limited. :-(

 

Y'all keep smiling, Butch http://www.AV-AT.com