Chemical Question

[Guest guest]

Granted, I'm not a chemist!

 

But I have one on my Russian AT community. And he insists that blending

essential oils is subject to their chemical characteristics. For

instance, he claims that oils containing ketons can not be blended with

those containing aldehydes or phenols as they will cancel each other

out. He further insists that the main key to blending is to ask your

supplier for chromatogram for each oil you buy and then study it to

figure out its properties (which I don't have a problem with, why not?).

 

As I am chemically challenged (LOL), I can neither confirm nor deny his

approach. But it doesn't agree with whatever I've read and experienced

so far. Could someone who understands what he is talking about please 1)

explain it to me and 2) figure out if it's good science, bad science or

no science at all. I have a feeling that it's another one of them

'xtrapolations, but not having proper edjumacation in the field I can't

maintain an intelligent conversation.

 

Thank you very much in advance.

 

Nika

From Moscow

[Guest guest]

I want to hear from the experts on this. I would imagine that some

chemicals would react with others so they would be different after being

together.

Jan

In a message dated 2/18/2006 8:24:09 PM Pacific Standard Time,

nikafranchi writes:

 

Granted, I'm not a chemist!

 

But I have one on my Russian AT community. And he insists that blending

essential oils is subject to their chemical characteristics. For

instance, he claims that oils containing ketons can not be blended with

those containing aldehydes or phenols as they will cancel each other

out. He further insists that the main key to blending is to ask your

supplier for chromatogram for each oil you buy and then study it to

figure out its properties (which I don't have a problem with, why not?).

 

As I am chemically challenged (LOL), I can neither confirm nor deny his

approach. But it doesn't agree with whatever I've read and experienced

so far. Could someone who understands what he is talking about please 1)

explain it to me and 2) figure out if it's good science, bad science or

no science at all. I have a feeling that it's another one of them

'xtrapolations, but not having proper edjumacation in the field I can't

maintain an intelligent conversation.

 

Thank you very much in advance.

 

Nika

From Moscow

 

 

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