scifichik Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 What's the typical shelf life of fragrance oil when stored in a cool, dark place? A friend wants to clean out her storage unit and stumbled across supplies she hasn't used in three years or more and had forgotten about, lots of Peaks and Bitter Creek fragrance oils. She offered them to me....if they still smell good, would they be usable? Opinions welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgia Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 I still have some odd ones that are that old. If they have gone bad one sniff will tell you. If they smell OK but 'em in wax! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen M Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 They say that oils have a shelf life, but it depends on the FO, I just smell them and you can tell if they are rancid. I store all mine in a cool dark basement, I have some oils that are a few years old, and are great. However I have some that are onlt a year old and they have went bad, so I had to chuck em!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mzphee Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 What does rancid smell like? I have gotten many oils from the classified section and I don't know if they are old or not...how can you tell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Crab Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Rancid smells like they are sour, fuel smell, not quite right, etc.I do have some FO that are over 3 years old and over the past few days I have noticed that some "brands" are defiantly much better than others. Having said that most of them, even the good brands, don't have a HT to save their life. I've had to replace some as I need. I figure if I haven't poured it in 3 years, I don't really need them. I've also learned to buy no bigger than 16oz at a time unless I use more than 3 bottles in 4 months. Most that I haven't poured in the last 3 years are 5lb jugs that were great, just didn't sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen M Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Trust me you will know if it is rancid!! It will have an off smell, and it won't be like the original fragrance at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.