Commercial EO's

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Hi Tracy,

 

> I was under the impression that commercial grade oils were oils that

> were created after the first distillation. The first distillation

> being the therapeutic grade?

 

No ma'am. The only oil I know of that routinely undergoes phased

distillation is Ylang Ylang. There are some oils that are redistilled

in order to remove certain chemical components but they are few. FCF

Bergamot is an example .. its safer for skin use. Using the definition

I presented below FCF Bergamot is technically a Commercial Grade oil as

it is manipulated by man .. but there is a fine line there. Actually,

there is nothing natural about the process of distillation .. it is a

man manipulated process .. but for obvious reasons, we don't examine

that fine line so closely. ;-)

 

When an aromatic undergoes distillation it renders all of its oil the

first time around. It is not a normal procedure to redistill oils.

 

In the case of Melissa and Rose .. there's a redistillation (cohobation)

of the HYDROSOL .. not the plant material .. because the oil is highly

hydrophilic so the lion's share of the oil following distillation will

remain in the hydrosol. If they did not do this they would have a

Hydrosol with a large percentage of EO and very little EO to sell. This

is not the case for maybe 99% of the oils we use.

 

Commercial Grade is (in most cases) an oil that is not as is was when it

exited the distillation process. As I wrote below .. they are normally

made to order. I would also classify as Commercial Grade .. those low

quality pure essential oils .. that have not been manipulated but are

not high enough in quality to be considered as being Aromatherapy Grade.

An example would be the low carvacrol Oregano I discussed .. its pure

and not manipulated but its not Aromatherapy Grade.

 

Establishing standards requires .. and creates .. a lot of arbitrary

rules. But logic must come into play when interpreting those rules.

That's probably why we rarely find justice in a court room unless we

have a jury of thinking, warm blooded folks to put a little logic into

the arbitrary process. Even then logic is often overwhelmed by the need

to follow strict, arbitrary guidelines.

 

I reckon that what I'm saying is .. there are exceptions to all things,

to include what I am writing in this sentence. ;-)

 

> Tracy Tappin (BC Canada)

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>>>What is Commercial Grade? Its an oil that has been manipulated by

> man for a particular purpose .. like 40/42 Lavender .. and many oils

> used in perfumery. Sorta made to order.