The quality of essential oils ...

Q I like to scent my own pot pourri, what is the difference between Lavender fragrance oil that I can buy cheaply on the market & Essential Oil supplied by Aromatherapy companies like yours?


A Lavender fragrance oil is a synthetic scent i.e. it is made from artificial petrochemical type materials.

Lavender Essential Oil comes from the Lavender plant. It is the Essence of the plant that would be left if you removed all the fibrous material from the plant & took out all the water.

Essential oils have been used as medicines for thousands of years. For instance lavender essential oil was used on the first world war battlefields of Flanders where it was used to ease pain & treat insomnia & anxiety. Many people prefer the Essential oils for fragrancing because when one smells something, it is because the molecules of the substance are entering the lungs & then the blood stream via the nose & the respiratory system.

With an increase in asthma & similar problems people are turning more to Essential Oils because plant molecules are small & naturally occurring & therefore rarely cause any problems. Anyone who has ever sprayed an artificial room fragrancer & then felt their chest tightening as they breath it in will have experienced the effect of the large petrochemical molecules coming into contact with the delicate walls of the lungs.