Bottles for oils, etc

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Here is what has happened to me recently:

I bought 100 PET bottles to store fragrance oils temporarily until I

could afford the pretty cobalt glass ones. Bottled about the first 3

dozen of my fragrances, full strengty, which had been formerly stored

either in glass or in HDPE with differing results - after about a year,

some of the HDPE started to " pull in " , indicating oil interaction with

the air around the bottle. I left the house for about 30 minutes on an

errand, returned, and thought " boy, I must have spilled the amaretto &

cream when I poured it. " NOT - it had, in 30 minutes or less, eaten

through the PVC bottle - actually MELTED the plastic. It had been set

inside a box, and the oil had proceeded to eat thru the OUTSIDE of the

other bottles! Fortunately, we only lost a few pounds of oils, but these

were rather expensive potpourri scents, many custom blended here. I

would store for short periods only, as one listmember said, as for

shipping, in HDPE, but for long term storage will use only glass.

I've always stored the Essential oils in glass, but had some in plastic

for personal use for blending potpourri oils. SOME are perfectly OK for

long periods of time - the citrus, ginger, nutmeg, and especially Tea

Tree eat thru the plastic, sometimes just interacting with the air,

generally degrading the seams of the bottle causing leaks, and, in the

case of the Tea Tree, causing blisters to form on the outside of the

bottle rendering the oil useless. I will never use anything other than

glass for Essentials.

I have made some very dilute water-based Essential (and Fragrance) body

splashes and room sprays, and have had good luck with the cobalt PET

bottles so far - some have lasted up to 6 months, and a few are citrus

scented or lemongrass based for insect sprays.

Have not had experience storing lotions that have had oils added, and

will be interested in seeing the experiences of others here on the

list.

Hope my experiences help someone else from making this costly mistake!

Kathleen

The Ginger Tree

Fine Quality Fragrance Crafting & Aromatherapy Products & Supplies

http://www.thegingertree.com (please ignore pricing on these pages -

they are under construction and many are reduced 10-20%!)

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