Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Howdy y'all, " Martin Watt " <aromamedical wrote: > > Distilled lime oil is far less of a photo sensitiser than expressed. > Oils are produced to meet the needs of the big commercial users (not > aromatherapy, big users will not use the expressed oil to meet safety > requirements. The only safe use of expressed lime oil is in non > contact fragrances. > > Martin Watt True it is above .. the distillation/extraction of EO is not for the Aromatherapy industry .. we use but a tiny tad of those oils .. the food flavorings and cosmetics/perfumery industries use the lion's share. In the last few years we have seen a lot of EO being distilled that are not used in those industries .. EO which are being peddled as being revolutionary discoveries for the Aromatherapy industry but they have no safety testing and no traditional use in AT. Basically, some countries and some distillers are doing the same thing we criticize BigPharm for doing .. creating a product and then creating a need for that product. But photosensitization is not a potential problem with all cold pressed Citrus oils .. and we will find that CP Citrus oils have a finer odor than distilled Citrus oils .. that's why CP Citrus oils are generally preferred by the perfumery industry .. but these industries are not in business to lose money or take risk so they exercise proper caution. We tried distillation of whole lemons while I was contract distilling in Turkey .. the result was (in my opinion) a waste of effort and a waste of lemons. Finally, if one goes on the Net or checks the web sites of folks on this news group .. they can find distilled Lemon, Lime, Grapefruit Mandarin, Tangerine and Orange from some sources .. I am not one of those sources. And .. as Martin wrote .. beware and be cautious if the oil is to be used for dermal application. Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch .. http://www.AV -AT.com > --- Debra McDuffee <deb@> wrote: > > > > Any thoughts as to why lime is the only readily available steam > > distilled citrus essential oil? Or better yet, anyone have a source > > for steam distilled citrus oils? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Debbie > > deb@ > > www.debrasrhapsody.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 , " Butch Owen " <butchowen wrote: > > Howdy y'all, > > " Martin Watt " <aromamedical@> wrote: > > > > Distilled lime oil is far less of a photo sensitiser than expressed. (snipped) Hi All, Orange juice essential oil is steam distilled from oj and has a very bright, fresh smell, without any photo sensitizing properties. I have a small vial of " Temple " , from Anya's garden that used OJ EO as a really nice, creative top-note. While it is still inferior (in my opinion) to cold pressed oils, I would definitely say it smells much better than aother steam distilled citruses I've encountered. Kindly, Jess Ring > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Hi Jess, Nice to see you here. :-) It's a small aromatic world. The way I like to use the essence oils is in combination with their cold-pressed peel counterparts and to create accords. This greatly expands the odor range and creates more complexity. I wouldn't call the essence oils inferior, just different, not as permeating. And, being steam distilled, they have longer shelf life than the cold pressed ones. Be well, Marcia Elston Samara Botane/Nature Intelligence, est. 1988 http://www.wingedseed.com Online 3/95 http://www.aromaconnection.org Group Blog 2/07 " Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide and slavery - have resulted from obedience, not disobedience. " Howard Zinn > > > On Behalf Of mother_ring > Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:49 PM > > Re: Distilled vs Cold Pressed Citrus > > , " Butch Owen " <butchowen > wrote: > > > > Howdy y'all, > > > > " Martin Watt " <aromamedical@> wrote: > > > > > > Distilled lime oil is far less of a photo sensitiser than > expressed. > (snipped) > > Hi All, > Orange juice essential oil is steam distilled from oj and has > a very bright, fresh smell, without any photo sensitizing > properties. I have a small vial of " Temple " , from Anya's > garden that used OJ EO as a really nice, creative top-note. > While it is still inferior (in my > opinion) to cold pressed oils, I would definitely say it > smells much better than aother steam distilled citruses I've > encountered. > > Kindly, > Jess Ring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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