How do I know I'm buying quality essential oils?

The quality of essential oils can vary from season to season and company to company. The best way to select quality is to:

• Purchase from a reputable Aromatherapy company. If products are of premium quality - then the company is likely to place quality as a priority.
• Buy oils from outlets which allow you to smell the oils prior to purchasing. Essential oils placed behind glass are difficult to assess, you must be able to smell them.
• Quality Aromatherapy companies will allow you or even invite you to bring in your oils to compare. After all if their quality is superior to others, this will show by simply comparing products.
• Avoid any company that also sells fragrant oils as this is a contradiction to the field of quality Aromatherapy.
• Quality Companies will label their products with the common name of the oil, the latin or botanical name, the country of origin and the part of the plant used along with the volume. They will also give directions of use. The more information that a company can give you, the more educated you will become about different oils.

Over time you will learn to understand the importance of this in regards to establishing the quality of your essential oils. By routinely smelling essential oils you will quickly learn to detect the quality essential oils from the low grade essentials oils. All companies will say that their product is the best; only by smelling them will you know. The higher the quality of essential oil the less you will need to use.