Weight vs. Fluid measurement

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It's hot and hellacious in Miami today. Ditto for yesterday, so I've been

inside, tearing the kitchen apart for cleaning, mopping the entire house,

etc. Had a little free time, so here's a bit I copied from the Lebermuth

catalog, to illustrate the discussion Chris B started (a professional

perfumer on my natural perfumery group) about how the industry uses weight,

not fluid ounces, to determine quantity. We had a discussion about how

aromatherapy, the newbie in the field of aromatics, has a bit of catching

up to do, since so many still use fluid measurements, instead of weight

when measuring oils.

 

It is amazing how the oils can vary, so if you order an ounce of myrrh, and

the bottle you get is an ounce bottle, but the contents don't fill it, just

remember the message on potato chip bags: item is packed by weight, not

volume, and contents may settle in travel :-)

 

The following is noted as " fluid ounces per pound. "

 

ALLSPICE 15.38

ANISE, SPANISH 16.33

ANISE, STAR 16.46

BASIL 17.06

BAY 16.63

BERGAMOT 18.31

BLACK PEPPER 18.45

BLUE CYPRESS 10.60

CADJEPUT 17.43

CAMPHOR, WHITE 18.26

CARDAMOM CO2 EXTRACTED 17.39

CARROT SEED 17.64

CASSIA, REDISTILLED 15.19

LAVENDER, BULGARIAN 18.14

LEMON BASIL 17.94

LEMON 18.76

LEMONGRASS 17.90

LIME, DISTILLED 18.60

LITSEA CUBEBA 18.08

LOVAGE 14.89

MANDARIN 16.87

MARJORAM, E. EUROPE 17.88

MARJORAM, SWEET 17.88

MUGWORT 17.52

MYRRH 14.70

MYRTLE 17.64

 

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