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Hi Butch, thanks again.

 

Selket

 

, Butch Owen <butchbsi@s...> wrote:

> 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. :-

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>

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