a deep question about lavender

[Guest guest]

OK, did I get your attention? It is kind of a deep question, though, really!

 

I was having a conversation yesterday with the woman doing my aromatherapy

facial -- can we say pure heaven!? -- and she asked me what I thought of

Lavender 40/42. She loves it and uses it for consistency, so that when she

creates products she will know they will be scented similarly. I told her I did

not like it and found the scent to be tangy. I am a purist and want my lavender

essential oil to be what nature intended it to be, and I prefer French high alt.

or Bulgarian. Well, she told me that 40/42 was created naturally, that they

were able to isolate the plant part and use more of it or less of it to get the

40/42 ratio. This was not my understanding of 40/42 at all. I thought that a

certain chemical constituent of the lav eo was the one responsible for the

floral scents (sorry, I can't remember which one at the moment) and that this

was produced synthetically and added to make the 40/42 ratio. Are we both

right? Do you think that different distillers use different methods? Another

thing that concerned me a bit about this info is that she got it from a supplier

that has questionable quality and ethics, from what I hear around the web,

although I don't want to bash b/c I don't know the real truth. Anyone who can

shed some light on this, please jump in and feed me with info! :-)

 

Debbie

deb

Beautiful hair ~ naturally!

http://www.debrasrhapsody.com/rhapsody/forthehair.php

 

 

[Guest guest]

Debra,

 

It's my understand that you are right.

 

See Marge's site for more info:

 

http://www.naturesgift.com/faq.htm#40/42

 

Thanks for educating people! (someone did it for me, I didn't know any better).

 

David Roman

 

I " and she asked me what I thought of Lavender 40/42. She loves it and uses it

for consistency, so that when she creates products she will know they will be

scented similarly. I told her I did not like it and found the scent to be

tangy. I am a purist and want my lavender essential oil to be what nature

intended it to be, and I prefer French high alt. or Bulgarian "