Help with YL product please (2nd try)

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Thank you all who answered to tell me where the best

lavender is to be found. :-) I have no doubt but that

I could find many wonderful, pristine, therapeutic

grade products from many of the reputable suppliers on

this wonderful list!

 

Unfortunately, I guess I was not clear about my

question in my original plea for help, so I will take

a stab at it again:

 

I need to find a quality product that smells as close

as possible (exact would be best) to the YL Lavender

as she did not say she wanted the " best " , she said

that she had searched for years and could not find one

that " smelled as good " as YL's and that is why she

stayed with YL products (and some protocols although

she does not do RT neat, fortunately).

 

As I know this list would like to see the profession

of AT head in a direction of increased professionalism

and responsibility and away from hucksters such as

GY/YL, I had hoped someone would be familiar enough

with one of their main products to recommend a similar

smelling substitute. This woman while nice enough, is

a new acquaintance in my broad profession of

Traditional (yes, she is a

professional, licensed healthcare worker using this

and other YL products in her practice everyday), but

not my sister or my best friend. And frankly, I am

not enough educated enough in AT/EO's to adequately

differentiate one to another so for me to say to her

" say, here's a really great product--MUCH BETTER than

YL's... " really will carry no weight as it's her

perception of the smell of YL's lavender that that is

the locus of this problem.

 

Don't get me wrong, I know what *I* like and I know

who the good suppliers are, and where *I* would buy

products, but what I NEED to know is how to describe

YL's lavender to find her as close to exact a match as

possible in order to get her to switch companies so

her patients are not exposed to those questionable

products everyday. Consequently, also, the

recommended product must be therapeutic grade, and not

an adulterated product as was previously suggested as

this is to be used in a professional practice.

 

And just as an aside here, that she is willing to

switch at all is remarkable as the seminar presenter

and a respected elder of our profession interjected

into our conversation " it's true that GY is an (fill

in the blank), but thier products are superior... " , so

for me to just say " try this it's better " obviously

won't work as it's NOT at all obvious to her.

 

I had hoped one of the vocal debunkers of YL on this

list might be familiar enough with their lavender to

already know the answer to this question as I suspect

that their lavender is their largest selling product

and I know it comes in the beginner's kits.

 

If anyone can help me with this I would greatly

appreciate it and thank you in advance.

 

Christina, L.Ac.

 

 

 

--- Debra McDuffee <deb wrote:

> I have no idea what the YL stuff smells like, but

> Butch's French high alt.

> lavender is my favorite! It is far superior to

> anything I have smelled, and

> that is many, many lavenders.

 

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Hi Christina.

 

Instead of Lavandula Angustifolia try looking at Lavindin.

Someone will correct me if I am wrong but I seem to remember that

someone on one of the lists that someone had seen the fields that YL

had ans the plants were not L angustifolia.

 

and didn't someone do a test? Rob P?

 

 

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> I need to find a quality product that smells as close

> as possible (exact would be best) to the YL Lavender

> as she did not say she wanted the " best " , she said

> that she had searched for years and could not find one

> that " smelled as good " as YL's and that is why she

> stayed with YL products (and some protocols although

> she does not do RT neat, fortunately).

>

[Guest guest]

The proof in the pudding is a GC reading...

Scent is not the overall judge of 'Best'..maybe to comfort or in a

perfume sense, but not to the healing qualities of an essential oil.

I think Dr. Pappas on his essential oil university site has GC

readings for lavender, that gives a comparison, maybe Butch or Marge

have a 'standard' to measure by.

You need to educate this person, that any good chemist can alter a

scent and not necessarily with chemical matter, but like most wines,

use a mix to come up with something standard. It does not men it's un

natural., neither is it always bad but I would prefer the straight

distilled stuff with a GC reading or trust a supplier that I know

looks at such a thing and not just judges with the nose..although the

nose can pick up nuances of what is off..

Butch should be able to shed more light on this..

C-M

[Guest guest]

What's needed is a 'testing' party..

In my dreams...

All the sellers on this list would send a tiny vial of their best

lavender augustifolia to Christine and have a vial of YL to see..

 

I did try some YL lavender that a friend had, got me in trouble with

Asthma real fast...

BUT, I can use Marge, Butch's, and Roseannes..

However, that was Bulgarian..

Since I am supersensitive to adulterated oils, I had the feeling that

YL smelled pretty , but it got me in trouble..

BTW, it's the only YL oil I ever tried.

the industry should hire me to ferret out adulterated oils, but I am not

a glutton for punishment.

C-M