Guidelines before buying oil
June 18th, 2009
How do we know we\’re buying a good-quality essential oil?
Objectively:
-suppliers mentioning the above garantees
-Analyses made by HRCG
-If referring to a quality label: this should be issued by an
independent organisation. (There is none at present.)
What should be written on the bottles/labels?
-parts of the plant used
(You can have an essential oil made from the peel, leaves or flowers,
for example from Citrus aurantium )
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-Latin name :
This is the ONLY way to be able to understand someone from another country
talking about essential oils
(In some countries like mine we can mention this only on the price list:
If it\’s mentioned on the bottles, regulators can interpret it as
referring to a medicine that can only be sold in a pharmacy…)
-chemotyping constituents:
Some herbs that produce essential oils can produce very different
essential oils, though they all have the same botanical name,
for instance basil, thyme or rosemary.
Thyme can contain a majority of the component linalol, or of thymol,
or of carvacrol… and thus have different medical actions, so it should be
specified: Thyme ct linalol)
-Country of origin:
It sometimes makes a big difference (Lavender – France, Bulgaria, USA…)
-Designation :
An essential oil obtained with solvents should be described on the bottle as
an absolute.
An essential oil obtained in synergy with another essential oil (for
instance Melissa officinalis, Lippia citriodora, Spirea ulmaria, Tilia
silvestris…) should be described on the bottle as a co-distilled
essential oil.
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