Aromatic plants are popular for essential oil production, which are in high demand in the fragrance industry. Flowers are the most common...

Essential oils are primarily obtained by distillation. A distillation unit consists of several pipes and flasks, usually made of glass or...

Bergamot is mainly produced for the essential oil industry. Since limited quantities are available per season, bergamot oil is often...

As a rarer oil, magnolia is often subject to adulteration. Since magnolia plants can offer two similar oils, magnolia leaf oil is often...

Conradina represents a group of evergreen, compact, perennial shrubs with virgule branches. The essential oils obtained from the aerial...

As a newer oil, pink pepper has not been fully explored. Adulteration methods up to this point are rare and fairly unsophisticated, such...

And then, of course, we spend a lot of time with the local communities. We go out to the communities because you can’t just talk to them on

Over the years, Dr. Setzer has studied many plants and written several publications on the Artemisia genus. One of his earlier studies...

Turmeric oil, like many oils, is often subject to adulteration. One of the main kinds of adulteration is component-based adulteration. By...

And frankincense, really, has needed modernization. Desperately. Especially now with the demand for it more and more because it’s such good

As a popular oil, copaiba is often subject to adulteration. Copaiba is produced in the form of liquid resin and is then steam-distilled...

As you know, there are many ways to adulterate an oil and as a result, nearly 80% of oils on the market are adulterated. One common oil,...

As you know from our previous posts, there are three common ways to adulterate an oil. An oil can be watered down with a carrier oil, but...

Salvia is a genus of plant that has several common species. Dr. Prabodh Satyal and William Setzer, APRC board members, have contributed...

Neroli oil is distilled from the flower of the bitter orange tree. It’s a relatively rare oil, and is fairly expensive, priced at $3,000...

Did you know that there is no proven “hack” to tell if an oil is adulterated from home? Reading the ingredients actually will not let you...