Digest Number 944

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At 08:43 AM 7/30/03 +0000, you wrote:

>IF a Commercial Grade .. untested EO costs $29.95 a pound and the same

>oil in Aromatherapy Grade .. tested .. is $39.95 a pound .. for sure we

>can see a difference. But if the Commercial Grade oil is made up of 50%

>or so chemicals from a lab .. chemicals that cost $5 a pound .. then the

>Commercial Grade oil is really worth $19.98. But .. what the heck .. if

>we are into using Fragrance Oils in the first place .. which there is no

>way to know their composition .. we will probably be satisfied with

>adulterated Commercial Grade oils and not complain about being taken to

>the cleaners. ;-p

 

 

chuckling...

 

one of my staff, before coming to work here, bought some Jasmine

Grandiflora from a fairly well known soap supplier... pure absolute.

 

well... it did smell like jasmine grand. was the right family.

 

we scent stripped that jasmine, our undiluted grandiflora, and our 10%

jasmine grand in jojoba.

 

the 'bargain' jasmine was the scent intensity of our 10%... so in

blending, it would have taken 10 drops of theirs to match the 'weight' of 1

drop of theirs.

 

their price is in the area of $70 an ounce. Ours is $84 a half

ounce. but... if you have to use 10 times as much of theirs... the

equivalent to our half ounce would cost $350 when it comes to actual cost

to use...

 

do I think they are deliberately diluting it? nope. I just think they are

buying from a source that leaves a WHOLE lot more of the solvents in the

absolute.

 

amazing what a whole lot of alcohol can do to cut costs.

 

 

re the 'solid' rose oil... during the winter months we get one or two

calls a month at LEAST from folks who don't know that cold rose oil is solid...

 

 

 

 

 

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