New with some essential oils questions-fragrances

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Susan,

 

Firstly you must not believe a fraction of information on commercial

web sites in regards safety issues, or much else they say for that

matter. See the group archives for other posts I have made on these

issues. The vast majority of such web sites are run by people with no

training of any kind in anything they talk about or preach.

 

>artificial fragrances as they are petrochemical based

This statement proves the person making it is talking out of their rear

end. The fragrances used in commercial products are highly complex

mixtures of fragrance materials which often include fractions of

essential oils. Yes some fragrances can be totally synthetic, but even

then they are not just made from petro chemicals. In reality many semi

synthetic fragrances are made by using turpentine and other plant

extracts as starting materials.

 

It is just not true that most synthetic fragrances are harmful. Many

of the chemicals used to construct these are better researched as far

as safety is concerned than many natural products. That is

particularly noticeable in aromatherapy where now there are many

essential oils on which there is NO safety data.

 

There are other issues surrounding the use of synthetic fragrances, but

these are more to do with their none environmental friendly production

that anything else.

 

Martin Watt

http://www.aromamedical.com

 

, " susan " <ripple95 wrote:

>

> Thanks, that helps. Some of the information on the essential oil and

> " non-toxic " websites say to never use artificial fragrances as they

> are petrochemical based, but they always recommend essential oils.

> However, I've never seen any of them explain the difference in

> chemical properties. Thanks for passing on that information. Susan

>