TO ALL SEEKING INFO ON ESSENTIAL OILS

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To all members

Essential Oils are basically volatile metabolites of plants, produced by steam

distillation

Every essential oil has an accepted profile- and judged in the market as per

some of the following parameters

1.. active ingredient %

2.. " Note " or the fragrance

3.. colour/color

4.. Chemical tests- GC, OR, RI, Sp. gravity etc.

5.. If it is organically grown and CERTIFIED or not

Now there are hundreds of essential oils in the market, each having its very

specific application in a variety of industries, because each oil has a set of

very specifc aromatic compounds

I would be able to answer your questions more accurately, including the

chemistry of active ingredient [e.g. citral, geraniol, citronellol if some

information is provided on " which particular oils " you seek information on, and

for " what particular application " . You could include the " desired note type " ,

which would further help me give you alternatives for a particular oil also

To give you a few examples

1.. Lemongrass, lemon myrtle, litsea cubeb are ALL CITRAL RICH OILS, yet each

has a different aroma- which is because of the OTHER COMPOUNDS, besides CITRAL,

which are different

2.. Rose Oil, Palmarosa and oil of Geranium- all have GERANIOL. Yet Rose Oil

is VERY EXPENSIVE

3.. All mints [arvensis, piperita] [comman names- cornmint, peppermint,

sprearmint] have a degree of MENTHOL, alongwith other minor compounds, which are

different

4.. An aldehyde active group [e.g. citral] is NOT AS STABLE AS an alcoholic

group [e.g. citronellol], specially in contact with water, so a judicious

choice ought to be made for any given application

Regards

Gurpreet

[Guest guest]

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> To all members

Is this a hidden sales pitch?

..> Now there are hundreds of essential oils in the market, each

having its very specific application in a variety of industries,

because each oil has a set of very specifc aromatic compounds

> I would be able to answer your questions more accurately, including

the chemistry of active ingredient [e.g. citral, geraniol,

citronellol if some information is provided on " which particular

oils " you seek information on, and for " what particular application " .

You could include the " desired note type " , which would further help

me give you alternatives for a particular oil also

>

Sure sounds like it! Thursday is AD day. I think you may have a

mistaken concept of the knowledge of those on this list. You may want

to visit a while.......

Kindly,

Sue