Fragrance Oils And Essential Oils – What’s The Difference?
Fragrance Oils And Essential Oils – What’s The Difference?
Executive Summary by Marilyn Flook
Well, of course not but with a growing popular interest in health and wellness, essential oils and aromatherapy make great marketing even when products only have artificially produced scents “inspired” by aromatherapy plant essences. Most consumer products use fragrance oils to achieve their scent and although some mimic the scent of well known essential oils they are quite different.
Essential oils are the natural aromatic oils that are extracted from plants. Fragrance oils, sometimes called perfume oils, are man-made organic mixtures that are engineered by chemists to produce an attractive scent. Fragrance oils are used to scent hundreds of consumer products and their sole purpose is to improve the smell of the product. The harvesting of plant materials and the production of essential oils can be very costly. The highly prized rose and jasmine essential oils are both derived from hand picked blossoms that yield only 0.02% oil by weight of fresh blossoms. Fragrance oils on the other hand, can be mass produced from relatively inexpensive organic chemicals.
The essential oil industry is analogous to the wine industry. Only a very tiny percentage of plant species can economically yield usable essential oils and although the range of scent is tremendous, all essential oils have a “natural” fragrance. There are products available that use essential oils. The essential oils complement these products. Natural perfumes made exclusively from essential oils can also have a positive effect on your mood. If you enjoy fragrance, but are sensitive to certain synthetics and chemicals, essential oil fragranced products are a good alternative.
Knowing the difference between fragrance oils and essential oils is an important first step in deciding which products are best suited to your needs. Mass produced low cost consumer products will use fragrance oils to produce an attractive scent.
Understanding Fragrance Oils and Essential Oils and Their Application in Soy Candle
Executive Summary by Mike Ugulini
Fragrance oils are perfume oils. While some fragrance oil scents may contain all-natural oils, they are primarily synthetic in composition. What’s great aboiveut fragrance oils is the endless variety of scents that result. Fragrance oils are great for producing pleasing berry and fruit scents, as these scents are not always obtainable naturally as essential oils. Fragrance oils are also long lasting and affordably priced.
Some essential oils do have color to them. Essential oils are highly concentrated oils and are popular in aromatherapy. Extraction of essential oils from botanical sources takes place by one of four methods:
Effleurage method: This method involves odorless fats or oils absorbing the perfume of fresh flowers.
Essential oils and fragrance oils are similar in that they both provide wonderful scents for soy candles. Scent blends may contain some natural essential oil elements in combination with synthetic elements. Again, fragrance oils offer the opportunity to make many more scent types and combinations than pure essential oils.
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