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HOW ARE ESSENTIAL OILS MADE...
Since essential oils aren't just laying there in the forest in puddles ready for us to bottle them, essential oils have to be created from various plant parts like flower petals, needles and bark from trees, resin, roots, seeds, and more. There are several steps in this process, all of which affect the quality of the end result: your essential oils.
Growing conditions can affect the quality of the plant, and therefore the therapeutic value of the essential oil. Climate, temperature, quality of soil, amount of rainfall, altitude - all these factors come into play.
Once the proper growing length has been determined, the plants are harvested (or in the case of resins like Frankincense, they are gathered). How it was harvested (or gathered), how it was stored (cool temperatures? blazing hot sun?), and how long it sits around (two hours? two years?) all affect the final product.
Next, we have extraction, which is done in a number of ways:
Plant parts used during the extraction process, the type of distillation equipment used, temperature selected for distillation, the length of time plants are being extracted, and the exact pressure used during extraction are all reflected in the essential oil.
After the essential oils are processed, they are stored until ready to be sold in bulk to hundreds of companies all over the world. The length of time held, the temperature in the room (or is it outside?), the container used to store the essential oil (is it even covered?) all affect the essential oils bought by companies. What happens to them next is up to the company.
Once you’ve made your purchase from the company, how you store them can determine how much longer they last before they expire.
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