True Lavender Essential Oil 40/42 - Aromatherapy 4 oz Start Price USD 19.25 Current Price USD 19.25 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, September 17, 2008 End Time Friday, October 17, 2008 Location Duluth, MN See more about 'True Lavender Essential Oil 40/42 - Aromatherapy 4 oz' Description Lavandula Officianalis Chaix  (France) - True Lavender Flower Essential Oil, Lavender Vera; 40/42 refers to the total ester content and is the highest quality. A pure, clean, delicate floral that is herbal and sweet.  Use Lavender EO in bath oils and soaps, room sprays, toilet water, perfumes, colognes, massage oils, sachets, salves, skin lotions, for linen closet sachets and in the clothes dryer. Combines well with citrus, clove, patchouli, rosemary, clary sage, pine and many more. Pure Lavender Oil is steam distilled from the freshly cut flowering tops and stalks of Lavandula Officinalis, a wild growing or cultivated plant, native to the Mediterranean countries. Distillation takes place mainly in the south of France (Provence) where the plants grow at medium altitudes of this mountainous region. From aworldofplentyVisit My eBay Store: Make Scents with Nature1 oz = 30 ml  -  1/2 oz = 15 ml  -  1/3 oz = 10 ml  - 1/4 oz = 7-1/2 ml  -  1/6 oz = 5 ml  -  1/8 oz = 3-3/4 ml  - 1/8 oz = 1 dram Essential Oil or Fragrance Oil ? People often refer to essential oils and fragrance oils interchangeably because of their similarities, but some important differences distinguish them from each other. Essential oils are natural chemicals that are extracted from the leaves, flowers, stems, roots or bark of plants. They are not a true oil, but are the aromatic essences derived from botanicals. Fragrance oils are usually synthetic; chemists analyze the plants' components and reproduce their chemical compositions. Although essential oil blends (combinations of essential oils) are not synthetic, they are sometimes called fragrance or perfume oils. Steam distillation is the most common of the four processes for obtaining essential oils because it produces the purest result: "1000 pounds of jasmine flowers yield 1 pound of oil" (Fischer-Rizzi 18). The distillation process uses heat and would destroy some of the vital substances in citrus fruits, so the cold press method is used to safely extract oils from their skins without using heat. Botanicals, whose oil droplets are too heavy to distill, require chemical solvent extraction. Experts prefer to use alcohol as the solvent because it is the safest, although toxic petroleum derivatives are used as well. The most ancient extraction method is enfleurage, which results in a concentrated fragrance pomade or cream, which was sometimes shaped into cones and worn on the head in ancient Egypt. The American Heritage® Dictionary defines enfleurage:  ". . . A process in making perfume in which odorless fats or oils absorb the fragrance of fresh flowers. French, from enfleurer, to saturate with the perfume of flowers . . ."  Because of their density, the permeated oils and fats also served as fixatives for the perfumes. You can find both essential and fragrance oils in perfumery, body lotions and oils, bath preparations and soaps. They are also used in home fragrance products: Potpourri, sachets, diffusers, aroma lamps and scented candles. Aromatherapists not only use the essential oil of certain herbs in physical applications, as herbalists do, but also for the psychological effects applied through our sense of smell. However, synthetic fragrance oils are not effective therapeutically because even though they are copies of essential oils, these synthetic versions have different structures and, the body does not absorb them like natural molecules. Distillation and cold pressing methods yield liquid essential oils. The results of solvent extraction and enfleurage are resins and concretes--solids and semi-solids. Essential oils will dissolve in alcohol or oil and are volatile; evaporation dissipates their scents quickly (patchouli is one exception). A drop of pure, liquid essential oil on paper will disappear without leaving an oil spot when it is dry. You can use this easy test if you doubt the genuineness of an essential oil. Fragrance oils are always liquid; they will leave an oily residue on paper, and are not as volatile as essential oils so the scents often last longer. Since fragrance oils can be synthetic, the available fragrances are unlimited, unlike natural oils. In addition to most flower and tree fragrances, you can find Baked Bread and Baby Powder fragrances as well as the fragrance of almost any fruit or berry. Enfleurage is the most expensive extraction method and is the only one that won’t alter the chemical makeup (therefore, fragrance) of some botanicals such as lilac. As a result, commercial production of some essential oils is impractical and the only way to obtain their aromas is from synthetic fragrance oils. Essential oil prices can fluctuate because of crop conditions or availability and some are always reasonably priced while others seem excessive. Fragrance oil pricing is usually quite steady and relatively reasonable. A few essential oils are less expensive than their synthetically produced counterparts such as lemon, orange, pine and some lavender but they are also more volatile. It can be helpful to know the differences between these oils before making a decision on what to use. Some people can smell the difference between the natural and synthetic versions of a scent, and have a preference. On the other hand, your choices may depend on what you want to use them for, the availability of a particular scent or the price you are willing to pay. ". . .When winds are chill and all the sky is gray. I know a way of stealing fragrance from the new-mown hay and storing it in flasks of petals made, to scent the air . . ." (Charles Edward Carryl) Copyright © 2003 A World of Plenty All Rights Reserved On Oct-09-08 at 12:52:19 PDT, seller added the following information: SHIPPING INFORMATION: We charge actual shipping, no handling, and we combine shipping on multiple item purchases, to ship in one package. We offer Priority Mail shipping for all U.S. packages, and for items that weigh 13 oz or less after packaging, you can choose First Class for the lower rate, which can take a few days longer to arrive. The USPS estimates Priority Mail to take approximately 2-3 business days (do not count weekends or holidays), and estimates First Class to take approximately 2-5 business days (see note from eBay below*); add 4 business days to these times for E-checks to clear. To change rate and USPS delivery speed, click "change options" in PayPal checkout and make your selection. We usually ship next business day and we send shipping notification with USPS tracking number from our business email to the email address registered with PayPal. If the USPS judges that a package is “lost,” we will re-ship the item at no cost to you, so there should be no need for you to purchase insurance. * “Sellers are not responsible for service transit time. This information is provided by the carrier and excludes weekends and holidays. Note that transit times may vary, particularly during peak periods” (eBay). INTERNATIONAL orders are shipped by the U.S. Postal Service, First Class International, or Priority Mail International, depending on weight. To most International locations, 4 lbs. and over need to be shipped Priority Mail. Delivery speeds for both of these International rates have been very quick, according to feedback. We have shipped to Canada, Great Britain, France, Spain, South Korea, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, and will ship anywhere that USPS policy does not prohibit. RETURN POLICY: If you need to return something because of our error, we will replace it and credit your PayPal account for the item and its shipping cost, unless you would prefer an exchange or a credit. If you are not satisfied or if you have another reason for wanting to return an item, email us and we will give attention to your case, individually. Do not return anything without contacting us first; no credit will be given without prior email communication and authorization. If the USPS judges that a package is “lost,” we will re-ship the item at no cost to you, so there should be no need for you to purchase additional insurance. We do not sell “on approval,” so please do not order with the intention of seeing something before deciding to keep it. If you are undecided, then do not order. We have been selling by mail order since 1993, and have very satisfied customers. Only two items in 15 years have been damaged in shipping, and any errors that we have made, we have corrected to the customer’s satisfaction.On Oct-09-08 at 14:04:09 PDT, seller added the following information: SHIPPING INFORMATION: We charge actual shipping, no handling, and we combine shipping on multiple item purchases, to ship in one package. We offer Priority Mail shipping for all U.S. packages, and for items that weigh 13 oz or less after packaging, you can choose First Class for the lower rate, which can take a few days longer to arrive. The USPS estimates Priority Mail to take approximately 2-3 business days (do not count weekends or holidays), and estimates First Class to take approximately 2-5 business days (see note from eBay below*); add 4 business days to these times for E-checks to clear. To change rate and USPS delivery speed, click "change options" in PayPal checkout and make your selection. We usually ship next business day and we send shipping notification with USPS tracking number from our business email to the email address registered with PayPal. If the USPS judges that a package is “lost,” we will re-ship the item at no cost to you, so there should be no need for you to purchase insurance. * “Sellers are not responsible for service transit time. This information is provided by the carrier and excludes weekends and holidays. Note that transit times may vary, particularly during peak periods” (eBay). INTERNATIONAL orders are shipped by the U.S. Postal Service, First Class International, or Priority Mail International, depending on weight. To most International locations, 4 lbs. and over need to be shipped Priority Mail. Delivery speeds for both of these International rates have been very quick, according to feedback. We have shipped to Canada, Great Britain, France, Spain, South Korea, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, and will ship anywhere that USPS policy does not prohibit. RETURN POLICY: If you need to return something because of our error, we will replace it and credit your PayPal account for the item and its shipping cost, unless you would prefer an exchange or a credit. If you are not satisfied or if you have another reason for wanting to return an item, email us and we will give attention to your case, individually. Do not return anything without contacting us first; no credit will be given without prior email communication and authorization. If the USPS judges that a package is “lost,” we will re-ship the item at no cost to you, so there should be no need for you to purchase additional insurance. We do not sell “on approval,” so please do not order with the intention of seeing something before deciding to keep it. If you are undecided, then do not order. We have been selling by mail order since 1993, and have very satisfied customers. Only two items in 15 years have been damaged in shipping, and any errors that we have made, we have corrected to the customer’s satisfaction. Place a Bid!