Why are essential oils so expensive?

Oh, the essential oils that have to pass the quality must basically be more than 100.

There are cheap last time I bought a bottle for about thirty dollars. It works great. I bought it at the cosmetics counter in a big supermarket. A normal bottle in the mall is around 150.

Essential oils are volatile aromatic substances extracted from the flowers, leaves, stems, roots or fruits of plants by steam distillation, extrusion, cold soaking or solvent extraction.

Essential oils are well-known for their psychological effects such as soothing and uplifting, but the effects of essential oils are more than that. Different types of essential oils also have a variety of different effects, and for some diseases, they also have the function of soothing and alleviating symptoms. Essential oils are very helpful for many diseases, and when combined with medicines, they can make the recovery of diseases faster.

And when used in daily life, it can purify the air, disinfect and sterilize, and prevent some infectious diseases.

The ** effect of essential oils on the following diseases.

Endocrine, metabolic, urinary system diseases.

Sexually transmitted diseases, diseases of the immune system.

**Disease. Musculoskeletal disorders.

**Disease. Physical symptoms and diseases.

Neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Diseases of the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and teeth.

Diseases of the respiratory system.

Diseases of the circulatory system.

Diseases of the digestive system.

There are many ways to use essential oils, due to the different ways, methods, and parts of extraction, the price of each essential oil is also different, and it is relatively rare, and in general, essential oils are more expensive than general skin care products.

Oh, yes, essential oils are the essence of extraction, can it not be expensive.

There are many varieties of essential oils, even if they are the same type of essential oils, they will vary depending on the grade and grade of the essential oil, and the high-quality origin is often the highest. Taking rose essential oil as an example, 1 kilogram of high-quality, pure Bulgarian natural rose essential oil costs 16-300,000 yuan, which can really be described as "liquid soft**".

The ** of essential oil is mainly determined by the raw materials, extraction process and rarity, we all know that essential oil is extracted from a certain plant or a certain part of a plant and obtained, it takes a lot of raw materials to meet a small bottle, which is enough to make the ** of essential oil will not be too cheap, the specific impact of essential oil ** is mainly due to these factors:

1. Origin and plant planting costs.

The origin of the plant determines the cost of the raw materials, because the climate and geography are different, and the plants used to extract the essential oils are grown where they are most suitable. However, the origin is only a reference index, and the essential oil produced in one place is good, which does not mean that it is bad in other places. Essential oils are extracted from natural plants, so as long as the environment in which the plants grow is similar, the extracted essential oils will not be too bad, and there may be advantages.

2. Extraction process.

The extraction methods of essential oils include distillation, solvent extraction, liposuction, supercritical carbon dioxide method, etc., different processes, difficulties, and different cost calculations, which may also affect its composition, taste and quality.

3. Oil yield.

Different plants, the amount of oil of the aromatic substances it contains is different, some can reach a few thousandths, some one thousandth, some plants need three to five thousand kilograms to produce one kilogram of essential oil.

4. Scarcity.

Rosewood, sandalwood, Hainan yellow rosewood, originally a precious tree species, very rare, used to extract essential oils, ** must be very expensive.

The ** of essential oils is mainly affected by these factors, essential oils can not only be synthesized chemically, but also essential oils must be refined when they are most active, if the plant withers, it loses its value, and the preservation period and preservation method of the refined essential oil are also related to whether the essential oil deteriorates or loses its activity. The essential oils on the market are uneven, but the essential oils are not too cheap, so when choosing essential oils, you should pay attention to the packaging, origin, and extraction methods.

First of all, what makes people not very happy is that your sweet orange is also expensive, sweet orange oil is reasonable on **, that is, 10-30 yuan per ten ml, the reason why sweet orange is cheap is mainly that sweet orange essential oil is a by-product of orange juice, the main part of an orange is the pulp rather than the peel, and at the same time, the yield of sweet orange is very large, and the oil extraction rate of the peel is relatively high, so it is not high. On the contrary, looking at jasmine, the only way to extract jasmine is solvent extraction (or supercritical extraction), and water distillation cannot obtain essential oils that match the aroma of jasmine. At the same time, the extraction rate of jasmine is not high, and the picking of jasmine is not easy, so the ** of jasmine essence is relatively high.

However, the quality assured jasmine essence is about 50-100 per milliliter, although it is not low, but it is still much cheaper than Afu's. In addition, it should be noted that jasmine essence is divided into large flower jasmine and small flower jasmine, small flower jasmine is the jasmine fragrance in the hearts of most Chinese, large flower jasmine smell is very strong, Westerners love large flower jasmine smell. Afu sells large-flowered jasmine.

Finally, after a long time in the pit, you will find that jasmine essence is at best a mid-to-high-end essential oil in the essential oil, and there are many expensive essential oil ......

Why are essential oils more expensive? Because. Essential oil refining. The cost is high. It takes a lot of flowers to brighten up a little essential oil. So it's more expensive. Essential oils from well-known brands are even more expensive.

The essential oil refining process is complex, time-consuming, consumes a lot of materials, has high requirements for the operator, and has a low oil yield, so it is expensive.

Essential oil is not equal to vegetable oil, why essential oil is more expensive than vegetable oil, although essential oil comes from the flowers, leaves, stems, roots or fruits of plants, but not all plants can produce essential oils, generally only plants with special smells, and the yield rate of essential oils is very low, for example, neroli essential oil requires 850 kg of bitter orange blossom to produce 1 kg of essential oil, and 3500-4000 kg of roses are needed to produce 1 kg of rose essential oil, essential oils are never cheap.

You see, the name essential oil means that the boutique is refined from many things, and you think about it, how can the boutique not be so good.

Essential oils are sold at most beauty salons and spas.

There are international requirements for the appearance label of essential oils. The product label usually needs to contain: the common name of the plant variety (which can be the language used in the country of production and sale), the scientific name of the plant variety (must be Latin), the extraction site, the extraction method, the place of origin, purity, capacity, etc.

Packaging is usually done in dark, light-resistant glass bottles.

The purer the quality of the essential oil, the stronger the penetration. When buying essential oils, you can gently rub the diluted essential oil on the back of your hand or the inside of your wrist for skin testing, and then massage it slightly with your fingertips, good quality essential oils will be absorbed in an instant, and will not leave a shiny oil component on the **.

Precautions for the use of essential oils

Some safety measures are required during the use of essential oils, do not use thick, undiluted essential oils on **. Use caution when using an essential oil for the first time or trying a new one, and do a **test to check for allergic reactions.

Do not use too high doses too often. To achieve the effect, a low dose is required and continued for a period of time, so that the effect of regulating body functions is appropriate. For usual use, the concentration should be 3-5%, and the more dangerous essential oils should not exceed 3%.

Breastfeeding women should avoid breastfeeding for 6 hours during massage and bathing, because the essential oils will participate in the body's blood circulation, and the essential oils will be almost completely metabolized after 6 hours.

It is generally not recommended to use essential oils during women's menstruation, because more than 85% of essential oils have a menstrual effect, and there may be an increase in menstrual blood volume and occasional blood collapse.

Essential oils are sold online and offline counters, we all know that the value of essential oils is relatively high, the purity is not the same, the difference will be very large, dozens of dollars and hundreds of dollars must be different, if you buy it is more recommended to buy the brand, whether online or below the counter is a good brand, before you decide to buy, you must determine everyone's evaluation of the brand, choose an essential oil that suits you! Hope this answer can help you.

It's best to buy it at the counter, it's okay to buy it online, but there are too many fakes, the domestic essential oil market is very chaotic, and it's best to buy foreign ones.

I really didn't know that essential oils could be bought at pharmacies and xx supply stores. Unheard. Generally, it is sold in large shopping malls, and there are many small shops in Huimei House.

Why is rose essential oil so expensive, and it makes sense that rose essential oil is expensive.

It has the ability to whiten and lighten spots, soothe nerves, and play a certain role in the maintenance of women's uterus. It is more magical. Generally, it costs tens of thousands of yuan a kilogram.

Different origins** are different. The most common ones are Bulgarian rose essential oil, English rose essential oil, French rose essential oil, and more expensive is Otto rose essential oil.

There are also cheap ones, which are also very easy to use, I use them to drop in the aroma diffuser, the smell is quiet, it has a good sleep aid, and it can also be dropped on the pillow and fall asleep quickly!!

Rose essential oil is very expensive because it is difficult to extract, it takes about 4500 kilograms of petals to produce 1 kilogram of oil, it is conceivable that so many petals can produce such a small amount is quite difficult, and the time of picking is also very harsh, how many workers can complete such a large project, from the perspective of manpower and material resources are quite difficult, now domestic brands are relatively unreliable, and I haven't seen much really good quality rose essential oil, why don't you consider replacing it with others? For example, essential oils like lemon, lavender, and geranium can replace roses in different effects, and they are too much cheaper than them.