Always choose the best oils.Quality first!

How do you know the essential oil you buy is a good quality one?
Well..It is not an easy answer, because most people on the net and elsewhere claim they have the best essential oils. Some even pretend that they have organic oils but you cannot see any certificate of any kind. On the other hand, a certificate does not mean you get the best quality.
I bought some organic vegetable oils with the label, certificate and so on, but what I did receive was somewhat deceptive. For instance, I received organic shea butter but the product was totally white and odourless. When you know about the refinining and bleaching processes there is very few 'natural stuff' left in the product once it has been processed.
The boiling required also destroys natural vitamins occuring in the original product and changes the essential fatty acids into trans molecules renowed for their harmful properties.
Well, essential oils do not fall into that category, because they follow a distillation process, which involves heat, and they contain hydrocarbon molecules -not fatty acids-but still finding good quality essential oils is tricky.
One tip is asking for GC-MS analysis.
After asking many companies for GC-MS analysis , I realised not all of them are willing to do so. Why? It is simply because they do not test themselves the product. It is done by bigger companies -their suppliers- which provide them with the GC-MS analysis.
Sending this to you would reveal the origin of their supplier (thus concurrent).
For obvious reasons, some companies will not provide GC-MS to the public, but if you are a practitioner, then you have the right to ask for it.

To explain that point I will develop the idea:

Some chemotypes can have huge variations in chemical composition. You do not want to breathe a lavender high in camphor on a long period of time when you know that camphor is a neurotoxic- which means it causes some damage to the nerves.
On the other hand breathing the vapours of a true lavender would be harmless.
That example shows you that being curious about the composition of the little bottle is not a matter of curiosity only, but cautiousness.
If you are a practitioner like me, use camphor products with caution, do not swallow them and do not inhale them for long periods of time.
Essential oils containing camphor are: Spike lavender, lavender intermedia, Spanish rosemary, cinnamonum camphora (bark)-the leaves of the cinnamonum camphora contain essentially a terpene alcohol called linalool which is very safe.
the list can go on.

If you have bought a bottle of essential oil or if you are browsing in a shop make sure at least that you see on the label :

• The latin name of the plant with chemotype when applicable.
• The part of the plant from which the oil have been extracted -flowers(fl.), Bark (b), leaves (l), resin (r), roots
• The country of origin of the plant
• The batch number (B)or (BN)
• The country license or registration number
• The mention: pure essential oil
• The volume or weight of the essential oil.

Other informations like flashpoint temperature, density, optical rotation...Are a must. They will tell you how picky the supplier is...Which is always a good sign!

Hope this has been helpful to you.

If you do not agree or you have any comments, please do so, I will be glad to hear from you.