Dawn Blakey Posted March 26, 2006 Author Share Posted March 26, 2006 I thought this was really interesting research, a little dated, it would be good to see further research, anybody know of any other tests?http://www.soton.ac.uk/mediacentre/news/2004/june/04_89.shtmlDawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 also have to make sure that the EOs you get are not cut with anything like alcohol. Some places that sell their oils at cheaper prices do so because they way cut the oils so you just have to check.I have actually called some of these places that sell the EO candles that seem to smell so strong and have found them to really be playing on words when asked about scenting. When I have asked if the scent is 100% EOs the answer I get is usually something like....'well the EOs that we use are 100%'....they just won't say if the "whole" scent comes from EOs or not, only that when they use EOs in candles they are using uncut EOs.....I never believe anything a manufacturer says about their products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Blakey Posted March 27, 2006 Author Share Posted March 27, 2006 also have to make sure that the EOs you get are not cut with anything like alcohol. Some places that sell their oils at cheaper prices do so because they way cut the oils so you just have to check.I have actually called some of these places that sell the EO candles that seem to smell so strong and have found them to really be playing on words when asked about scenting. When I have asked if the scent is 100% EOs the answer I get is usually something like....'well the EOs that we use are 100%'....they just won't say if the "whole" scent comes from EOs or not, only that when they use EOs in candles they are using uncut EOs.....I never believe anything a manufacturer says about their products.Hi Rebecca,Yes that happens a lot with manufacturers with other things like soap as well. They market their bar as 'natural soap containing pure essentail oils' which leads the consumer to think it is fragranced with 100% natural EO's when in reality it is probably 99% FO and 1% EO. Nothing wrong with using FO's incidentally, as long as that is what you market your product as.Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Hi Dawn,yep it's all in the marketing...for me the only time I worry about FO v. EO in the product is if I am looking for something for my son's eczema. It's the companies advertising that gets me. And the health food stores that sell this stuff don't have a clue. I never really noticed that they did that till I started making my own and got familiar with ingredients...then you start to read their ingredients and it's just like....chemical....chemical....Just makes ya wonder how they get away with it......some of these companies are just flat out lying.........there is defiantly no truth in advertasing.....as far as many of these companies go.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandelion garden Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Hi gang, What wonderful info shared here. I'm so appreciative!I just caled FPI and requested some EO samples. They told me that I could select up to 10 oils and would recieve a drop or two of the more expensive ones and about 1/3 oz other others. She said it take 1-2 weeks for shipment.I can hardly wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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