Quality Essential Oils - Get to Know Quality Essential Oils
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Did you know that there are thousands of companies selling essential oil products? That makes it harder and harder to be certain you have selected a quality essential oil product. Determining if it is a real essential oil and not a synthetic oil can be difficult. Companies creating low grade essential oils or base oils or calling fragrance oils ‘Aromatherapy Oils’, is one way they get around the “pure” part.
Unlike base oil, essential oils are volatile substances which may not feel like oils at all. Extremely concentrated extracts contain many of the plant’s chemical makeup. Only high grade therapeutic essential oils are used in Classical Aromatherapy. For one thing, you can use your senses to evaluate the essential oil. Smell and texture and viscosity are all small parts of grading quality essential oils.
Unfortunately, many essential oils on the market today are mixed with different fillers of differing quality. These fillers are less expensive. So it helps the seller but when added to the essential oil it produces an essential oil product of lesser quality but similar aroma. Back in the days of ancient Egypt most essential oils were graded with a complex numerical system that is still in use today. Even then they recognized the supreme importance of high grade and pure quality essential oils.
Unscrupulous dealers know full well that the general public has no real clue what the real scent of jasmine or myrrh is like. They take advantage of that and mix in lower quality and less costly oils and an inferior product is then sold to the unsuspecting buyer. They may also use a base oil for mixing that is a lower grade and further jeopardize the content in the essential oil container. Some dealers will use synthetic substances for mixing too.
One simple thing you can observe is what the container is made of. If it is plastic, it is not high quality essential oil. If it is clear glass it is not the highest quality essential oil. Only the dark brown or dark green or dark blue glass bottles are used to protect therapeutic grade quality essential oil. So pay attention to the container and then to the label. If there is no label, walk away. Many of these low quality essential oils are often sold at flea markets, by street vendors, or at fairs and so forth.
Do not use essential oils on your skin unless you really know what you are doing. Just because it smells good, that is no guarantee that the essential oil is either pure or high quality. Not only should the label say “PURE” it should indicate the grade or quality of the essential oil.
Always work with a recognized producer and dealer. Choose natural essential oils. or organically produced essential oils when possible and when you are considering different brand names. Another, a wise choice is to purchase undiluted essential oils so you can mix it yourself, which affords you the assurance that you know what is being blended with it
Seek steam distilled essential oil products. Extraction by steam requires only herbs and water, no chemical solvents are involved. Be aware that the better brand names of essential oils are more expensive, because they take a lot of herbs to make a little bit of fine quality essential oil and that quality is worth it.
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