Quality Essential Oil Buying Tips

Tips for the Essential Oil Enthusiast for Buying the Highest Quality Pure Essential Oils

Visit the growers and distillers and ask them for information on the essential oils that they grow. In fact, it is best to obtain information from the growers and/or distillers in writing. Some of the more important information you should gather includes whether the particular product contains mineral oil or petroleum derivatives such as benzene. Find out if the product has any chemical additives, natural or synthetic, such as linalyl acetate. If it does, ask what percentage it contains, as well as its function. You also should ask if the products was tested on animals and if so, when the essential oils were tested. Also, find out if the product has any animal or plant derivatives. You should also know if anything was taken out of the product, and if so, what was taken out.

Next, determine if the product is organically certified and whether it was genetically altered. Find out if the product was grown in the wild without human involvement (other than pruning and harvesting), or whether it was farmed naturally, that is without any synthetic pesticides. Determine the origin of the country, as well as its region. Lastly, find out the following: process of extraction and chemotype; the date it was manufactured and what type of storage was used. (For example was it stored in PVC?) Once you have gathered your information, obtain a signature from the grower or distiller.

Try to get a feel from the supplier as to whether they will cut corners. Put some personality into your voice and don't try to act too serious. If you ask questions in a friendly manner, they will open up more and you will obtain more information.

Take a trip to the distillery or plantation to see for yourself how the plants, etc are grown and cared for.

If you like what you see and hear, ask for a sample as well as a price. You need to know the market value. The grower should provide you with a good price if you buy in large quantities. If the price is too low, it may be a bad sign; he may be trying to get rid of his product because it is old or may have been adulterated. However, do not necessarily believe that if the price is too high, that the grower has a superior product.

When you receive a sample, use testing strips to test it for smell. The primary aroma chemical of the oil will be the first notation, but it may not be the biggest percentage chemical. For example, Grapefruit nootkatone is merely 1% of the total components of the oils, but has an extremely prominent aroma.

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