Plant Aromatics - Determining Safe Percentages of Essential Oils

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Hi Susan,

 

I'm not sure if this was answered or not .. odds are it was not

because you didn't provide sufficient info for sometime to calculate

the risk.

 

" susan " <ripple95 wrote:

>I'm reposting this in case there was a problem with replys during the

> problems and I'd really like to understand this better. Thanks

> original post: I've just come across some eo perfume recipes. They

> suggest various base oils with various eo's blended to make a

> perfume oil but the amount of eo's seems high compared to what would

> be in a massage blend. For example, one recipe called for 34 drops

> various eo's in 11 ml jojoba oil for a 15% concentration. Is this

> safe-it seems like a really high amount of eo or am I

> misunderstanding how the perfume oils work.

 

To clarify .. in case some folks might have missed the point .. when

you write about " perfume oils " you are talking about a blend that

results from the combination of various essential oils in this or that

percentage using this or that percentage of carrier oil. So .. its

not a matter of understanding how " perfume oils " work .. its a matter

of knowing the proven safe percentages of the various essential oils

that will be used to create the blend.

 

As to whether or not a percentage (concentration) of 15% of " various

eo " is safe .. there is not a single expert in the entire World who

can answer that .. because .. they wouldn't know EXACTLY which EO were

included in these " various EO " .

 

When dealing with percentages .. there is NO RULE OF THUMB for safe

use of EO .. but we read a lot of garbage saying things like .. " its

generally safe to use EO if we don't exceed " this or that percentage.

 

Its all Hawg Warsh .. some EO have been tested safe for use in perfume

in percentages far less than 1% (like Star Anise, Roman and German

Chamomile .. and many more .. some tested safe as low as 1% (the

Geraniums and various Eucalyptus come to mind) .. others have tested

safe at percentages as high as 2% (Patchouli is one example) and there

are many more with safe percentages between and exceeding those I hit

on above.

 

Trying to Guess is dangerous .. it can result in irritation .. or more

importantly, sensitization. And .. the safe percentages for use in

perfumes is not exactly the same as that for use in cremes .. or some

types of aromatherapy blends.

 

The Safety Manual for determining what these percentages are is .. the

one I have mentioned dozens and dozens of times on this and other

lists .. its Martin Watt's " Plant Aromatics. " For perfumes and cremes

the list begins on page 32 of this manual.

 

I posted last week that I was going closing out my sale of this Safety

Manual .. that Martin (only) would be handling it in the future .. and

the sale prices I gave are below:

 

My normal price for this Safety Publication is $44.90 ...

http://www.av-at.com/plantaromaticsavnp.html

Martin's normal price is $56.10 ... http://www.aromamedical.com/paper.html

Between now and the end of February or until my supply is exhausted ..

my selling price will be $33.70 .... roughly 25% off .. but to get

this price you must (in your order) state that you saw it on Oils &

Herbs. For those who have walk in shops it might be a good product to

put on your shelf .. HOWEVER .. nobody can be authorized to offer

these publications as ON LINE SALES .. that must be understood!

 

Lots of folks on the list ordered .. but there are still copies left

so I am going to extend the sale until further notice.

 

> Thanks, Susan

 

Welcome you are .. have a nice weekend. And y'all keep smiling. :-)

 

Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

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Butch, here's the perfume recipe for information's sake:

11 ml of jojoba, 4 drops sweet orange, 10 lemon, 6 tangerine, 8

frankinsence, 5 neroli and 1 myrrh.

 

, " Butch Owen " <butchbsi wrote:

>

> Hi Susan,

>

> I'm not sure if this was answered or not .. odds are it was not

> because you didn't provide sufficient info for sometime to calculate

> the risk.

> To clarify .. in case some folks might have missed the point .. when

> you write about " perfume oils " you are talking about a blend that

> results from the combination of various essential oils in this or that

> percentage using this or that percentage of carrier oil. So .. its

> not a matter of understanding how " perfume oils " work .. its a matter

> of knowing the proven safe percentages of the various essential oils

> that will be used to create the blend.

 

I didn't realize there could be different percentage of an eo that

could go on the skin.

>

> As to whether or not a percentage (concentration) of 15% of " various

> eo " is safe .. there is not a single expert in the entire World who

> can answer that .. because .. they wouldn't know EXACTLY which EO were

> included in these " various EO " .

 

When I wrote " various eo's " I just didn't write the recipe, but I

listed it above.

>

> When dealing with percentages .. there is NO RULE OF THUMB for safe

> use of EO .. but we read a lot of garbage saying things like .. " its

> generally safe to use EO if we don't exceed " this or that percentage.

 

That's what I believed. You always read about oils in a base not to

exceed ______ % due to irritation/sensitization.

>

Anyway, I have ordered my Plant Aromatics from you and am eagerly

awaiting it's arrival along with some oils I can't wait to try.

Thanks for always given a great explanation. Susan