Quality and Purity of Essential Oils - How to Detect Same

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G'day Steve,

 

> Hey Butch

> I was gonna reply to this but you have it covered beautifully. I dont

> think you spat on FO enough tho LOL. There is NO place for these man

> made chemical cocktails in aromatherapy, peroid. They have no

> therapeutic properties at all.

 

Don't wanna spit on'em too much cause it upsets some folks. ;-) But

the fact is .. FO can have therapeutic value .. just not physiological

value. From an emotional point of view they can calm folks IF that

person likes the odor. I often use the example of a feller living in

New York City who was raised on a Texas ranch .. if he smells horse

manure odds are good that he will gain some emotional benefit from it.

 

> My experience is that to be sure of EO's you need a gas chromatograph

> report and the knowledge to understand it.

 

True that its the best way .. and one needs a heckuva lotta knowledge

because there are different expectations (and norms) based on the Origin

of the product. Origin is really related to evolution .. species do

evolve and mutate and even create new species over time. One can't

expect to get the same chemical profile from a Salvia fruticosa wild

grown anywhere and one cultivated .. or even one wild grown in Turkey vs

one wild grown in France.

 

> The other way as you stated is to follow your nose, pun intended, after

> a time one can smell the difference in the oils and the supplier! You hit

> that right on the head.

 

True it is. And it takes a lotta time and learning .. sometimes takes

some " unlearning " cause them that have bad experience will often

associate that bad experience with what oughta be. Example was one of

the half dozen folks I've known since opening shop who did not like

Turkish Rose Otto. Lady bought 5 ml and wanted to return it .. said it

was too light .. too weak. Asked her if she had ever sniffed any other

Rose Otto .. she said she only used Rose Fragrance Oils and they were

much stronger than the Turkish Rose Otto. ;-)

 

> I am pretty new to this list, OMG are you guys profilic!!! lol

 

Good show and welcome .. there are lots of gud folks on the list.

 

> so I have just found out in this post that you sell oils. Question; do

> you ship to Australia and if so can you send me a price list.

 

Done sent it .. and yes on Australia .. quite often. We ship to 50

states and 71 countries now. :-)

 

> Blessings

> Steve

 

And to you .. have a gud'un .. and keep smiling. :-)

 

Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

 

>>First .. we really need to take the term " FO " out of the subject line

>>because (1) who cares if an FO is cut? And .. (2) who knows what is

>>should be in the damn thing in the second place?