Where to Buy the Best Essential Oils

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I used to think that essential oils were a scam, but I ended up finding out that they are a great resource for your natural medicine cabinet for issues such as headaches, ear infections, tummy aches, viruses and bacterial infections, and more. But I eventually felt I needed to figure out where to buy essential oils that I could trust and that I could reasonably afford.

I spent a ton of time calling companies, asking questions, sampling oils.  Literally, it was a ton.  And it was very exhausting.

I’ve learned a lot with all the time I’ve spent researching oils companies and I’ve covered a lot of what I learned here in this essential oils series, some of which I wrote while I was still trying to figure out which company I was going to be using and recommending.

Where to Buy Essential Oils you can trust
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In this post, I’ll talk about the company that I decided to purchase our oils from.

It’s also the one that I recommend to you as having the best essential oils for the money, with natural healing qualities and no additives or adulterating.

Confused about essential oils? What this blogger found out will surprise you. She tried to find out which essential oils company is best and found out some VERY interesting things about oils and the companies that sell them, including Young Living and doTERRA.

How I Chose Where to Buy Essential Oils for My Family

This all started with my not being happy with the way questions were (or were not) answered by the “Big Guys” on the block.  So I started contacting a bunch of companies and interviewing them about their oils.

If you remember, when I started trying to figure out where to buy essential oils, I mentioned the following about Native American Nutritionals (now Rocky Mountain Oils) in Part One of the series.

“Looks like they carry good products, but they are a bit expensive.  Their prices, for a number of oils, in fact, are almost identical to the MLMs in this group, Young Living and DoTerra.  And I don’t see any difference on the surface in the quality department.”

In this post, you can see that I ended up recommending them, but this was really a surprise for me. After thinking that I was writing them off, I got a call back from the owner of Native American Nutritionals, and I talked with the owner for a few hours (at first….that turned into many hours in the upcoming month) and found that he really “knew his stuff.”

I also found out that there were a lot of differences between his company and many others in the industry. I asked him tons of questions during our first conversation, and then more and more over the course of the next 10 months, while I investigated other companies as well.  (Wow–it’s been that long since I started writing this series…..)

I was intrigued by what he had to say about his company and the oils industry in general.

We had countless conversations from March 2012 – January 2013, during which I literally grilled him about his company and others to figure out which company I wanted to recommend–and if his, was in fact, good enough for my family–and for all of you.

I now can say that I feel very comfortable recommending this company to you and am now using their oils almost exclusively (I have a few bottles of other brands left over :)).

I hope you check them out and I’d love to hear about your experience.

(Disclaimer.  I did not choose this company because I was able to become an affiliate for them, but I am one. I decided to work with them and then we made an partnership agreement. I was the first affiliate for the company.)

Where to Buy Essential Oils You Can Trust–
Rocky Mountain Oils Review

Please note – since this series was written, Rocky Mountain Oils has purchased Native American Nutritionals. Native American Nutritionals was the original company, but the two companies had a partnership. Then Rocky Mountain Oils (RMO) purchased NAN and now RMO is a new company.  I am even more confident in the quality of oils now that this all has taken place.

Before we get on with the details about the company, you can Rocky Mountain Oils and see all that they have to offer.

1.  Experience

The owner of Native American Nutritionals (which later merged with Rocky Mountain Oils), Paul Dean, was in the oils industry since 1997, being first introduced to essential oils about 30 years ago.  He started his first full-time essential oils business in 1998.

Rocky Mountain Oils was founded in 2004 by two essential oil enthusiasts, Michael and Leah Vincent. With years of experience in essential oils, the acquisition of Native American Nutritionals, and 14 years of company growth, RMO has become one of the leading direct-to-consumer essential oil companies in the world.

2.  Purity

Quality Oilsall oils have been third party GC/MS tested.

Certificates are available upon request by easily entering in the batch number from any bottle.

Almost all of the oils come from plants grown in remote locations where no pesticides, herbicides, or harmful chemicals are used and only natural fertilizers are used.

3.  Indigenous Plants

All oils come from plants grown in their indigenous locations (where they grow naturally).

4.  Oils from Small Farms

Almost all oils from NAN were sourced directly from small farms (many are from third-world countries).  Mr. Dean contracted with locals in the countries from where he sourced the oils, finds a quality farm, sets up a distiller, and extracts the oils.  The oils are then sent to Native American, then sent for testing, and bottled.  The only oils at NAN that are not from small farms are mainly the organic citrus oils.

Since Rocky Mountain Oils purchased Native American Nutritionals, some of the sourcing has changed as the company has put a high priority on the purity and quality of the oils sold. They source from small farms and also from leading experts in the industry.

5.  No Solvents

They use no solvents for distillation except when necessary, as in the case of absolutes like vanilla and jasmine (since the cost of those essential oils is otherwise prohibitive.)  Update 2015: they now sell a vanilla extracted with CO2.

6.  Affordable Pricing

They have affordable prices (not as expensive as the multi-level marketing companies, but not “too good to be true” either.)

7.  Quality Pure Oils

I have a lot of standards for quality and making sure that you are purchasing quality oils. See this post on pure essential oils for that information.

In addition, I prefer buying organic whenever I can, and that includes essential oils. Recently (Nov 2017), Rocky Mountain Oils has included an organic line of oils in their lineup and should be expanding it soon.

8.  Transparency

Details for oils are listed clearly on their site (including the Latin name and country of origin).

The company is working on how to indicate the growing method now that they sometimes have a variety of sources for some oils.

9.  Reasonable Shipping Costs

I found the shipping costs with YL and doTERRA to be a little on the steep side.  I was told several times by customer service reps of one of the companies that it was due to businesses being charged more than residential customers.

That didn’t make sense to me – business rates being more expensive than residential when they have that kind of bulk shipping going on? So I called UPS and FedEx and was assured that this is not the case.  So I don’t know why their shipping is so high.  Maybe they are pocketing the extra?  

Rocky Mountain Oils offers Free Shipping domestically in the U.S. and reasonable shipping internationally, with free shipping over $199.

10.  Common Sense Approach

The companies recommend using caution with the oils — but also make practical recommendations so that you can confidently use the oils in your every day life.

11.  No Adulterating

Oils are not heated, mixed with anything else, or adulterated in any way.

Unless declared on the label, the oils are pure.

No Minimum Purchase

One other reason that I don’t want to buy from an MLM essential oils company is that when you do, you often end up buying way more than you need to.

For example, with doTERRA and Young Living, in order to get the best discounts on their oils as a rep, you need to order monthly over $100 of products (to get free products that essentially reduce your costs).  Do that every month and you end up with way too many oils).

A lot of multi-level marketing oils reps end up ordering other things from the company like personal care products in order to get to that “minimum.”  And I am not thrilled with the ingredients in many of the other products offered.

Undesirable Ingredients in Other Products from Essential Oils Companies

When I was trying to decide where to buy essential oils, I looked at other things besides just oils.

With doTERRA and Young Living, for example:

– DoTERRA’s On Guard toothpaste contains titanium dioxide, a metal that I initially thought that I should avoid due to the possibility of heavy metal toxicity. Now I’m not worried about it for that reason, but it simply because it isn’t necessary.  It’s there just for color.  Overall it is supposed to be pretty benign, but why introduce it to your body unless needed?

The company also has carrageenan (which, depending on the form, is known to cause inflammation) in their capsules and PEG 100 in their Deep Blue Cream.

{Update 2018 – I have been doing some additional research into carrageenan and am not sure where to come down on this. There are two types and it’s possible that the negative effects being discussed are not of concern. I hope to have an update to this in the near future.}

Both companies’ skin care products had ingredients rated 3 and above on EWG’s Skin Deep rating system. I prefer to stick with ingredients rated 2, at the highest. Depending on what you are looking for, that may or may not be acceptable to you. Of course, it depends on their performance too. I don’t think all of EWG’s ratings are flawless, but I do pay attention when I see higher ratings there.

There was, in fact, one essential oils company whose oils I thought looked to be very high quality, but their personal care items were loaded with lots of toxic chemicals.

Also note, if you are used to Young Living or doTERRA oils, Rocky Mountain Oils carries oil blends that are comparable to Young Living and doTERRA blends.

There are other good companies out there.  However, I think that there are fewer “excellent” companies than I originally thought when I started all of this evaluation.

What About Other Companies?

I often receive inquiries asking me what I think about other essential oils companies.

Please read this post on Essential Oils Testing and Quality and this report on 10 Things You Need to Know About Essential Oils to see if a brand measures up.

There are more and more companies out there on a daily basis. It truly seems that every day there is a new company selling essential oils and many are making claims that they are the “only pure oils out there” – which is not true.  My standards are high. I don’t just want a company that says they are pure–when deciding where to buy essential oils, I want to make SURE I’m getting purity. And more.

This post on Pure Essential Oil Testing should be of help too for evaluating any company that you wish to consider.

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  1. Why are you paying such a high price for these oils when they’re all diluted with filler oils? I prefer to have only the essential oil and be able to have the choice of using it neat or diluting it. I love so much about what this company looks like and how their entire process goes, but that aspect, I don’t like at all. 🙁

    1. Hello Stacie,

      I’m sorry but I don’t understand what you mean? The company’s oils are not all diluted with fillers. They do have some that are blended when the neat oil is very expensive but they have some of those that are offered neat as well. As for their blends, they have both. Apparently a lot of customers like them diluted so that they don’t have to mess w/ carrier oils. I can see their point. Please do let me know if you don’t notice what I am referring to. If there is a specific oil(s) that you are looking for that is neat that they don’t carry I’m happy to help with contacting them or having another option. I’m working on other alternatives for my readers who can’t get their needs met with this company. Thanks so much.

  2. I use bulkapothecary which seems to have everything in order with what you have reported. Did you check them out? They are inexpensive and have all the oils you could dream of, plus some of their own blends. I am new to EO’s but they seem excellent to me. I have shopped Rocky Mountain Oils but they don’t have a wide selection as you need for formulating skin care and numerous rollerball recipes. I am able to find almost anything I need at bukapothecry, and though not all of their oils are certified organic, you do get that option with a lot and the others are crafted as you have reported. However I need an expert opinion simply if you checked them out and thought them to measure up to your specifications. I would love to hear from you!

    1. Hi Tera,

      I did look at them. Did you ask them if they do GC/MS testing of each batch of oils? Please do let me know. Thanks!

      1. Thank you so much for replying as busy as you are! And I didn’t get the chance to thank you for taking on such a tremendous project. We are all in debt to you for doing research we should do on our own. You are a blessing! I will talk to Dan hopefully and find the answer as this is so vital Thank you for leading me in the right direction. I was on their facebook page and asked them if their oils were wild crafted as I didn’t read anything to that nature. I do so hope they pan out for I love their service and ideas for diffusing and crafting soaps, perfumes and their upbeat and helpful nature. I already feel part of their “family,” and can always find what I need. They do have a special section for organic oils and it does include all of them. So I have some work to do! Thanks again Adrienne!

        1. Sure thing. There are companies posting old tests, tests for oils that they didn’t even buy (they just got certificates for them), and more, so you do need to be careful. I am hoping to have a post on GC/MS testing to help consumers better determine what they are getting.

        1. Hello Susan. Thanks for responding. I asked the company about this and they said that they use the highest quality bottles, but there have been some issues w/ the heat recently. Please feel free to contact them for replacement bottles and let me know if you need anything further. Thanks.

  3. Hi! I just started learning about essential oils and found your blog super helpful! So thank you!! So to clarify… RMO would be the one you’re recommending correct? I’m still a little confused with the NAN and RMO companies. Is RMO being ran by the same people you researched that we’re apart of NAN? Thanks!

    1. Hi Alisa.

      NAN was the name of the company when I found them. They were selling oils to RMO so the oils were the same. They were talking about merging, but it ended up that RMO bought NAN and has changed some things but the purity is better now. I will be updating things in the near future, hopefully, talking about the company now. And I hope to add other oils to the mix as well since I have been getting a lot of questions about other companies. RMO’s owner is the same as it was before, but they have new staff now and I work closely with several of the people there. My understanding is that the owner of NAN is a consultant for RMO now.

          1. Yes sure! I understand. I addressed your concern in my previous response. Welcome and hope to see you again!

        1. Yes, I do. I have been recommending NYR Oils (the company is mentioned in this post https://wholenewmom.com/neals-yard-remedies-nyr-organic/) also this week as I have been getting emails and comments from some readers who are concerned that since RMO has their new site up that they are not listing organic / wild-crafted, etc growing conditions on their site. I have been in contact w/ RMO about this and they are determining what they will be doing regarding this so I wanted to give another option to my readers and NYR has quite a few organic oils. I am talking to a few other companies as well, but I can’t endorse them yet. RMO is very careful about purity and has a great return policy and a good selection so yes, they are still recommended. I hope that helps! NYR is an MLM but they are not high pressure and they do not have monthly purchase requirements. Let me know if you have more questions and welcome!

      1. It sounds a little shady that RMO was buying from NAN and were considering merging, merging what? The way you word it sounds like NAN was RMO’s supplier and now RMO bought NAN then how do you know the quality will be the same the process will be the same?? It sounded like NAN was a great company but honestly who knows what this company will become now?

        1. Hi Jill.

          Thanks for commenting. NAN was supplying oils to RMO. From what I understand, that isn’t an unusual situation. In other words, a company can supply product for another to private label. Some things have changed since the merger. I have been told that the purity of the oils has been improved with better testing being done. I have shared the other things that have changed and am in contact with the company about them and will be writing more soon.

          Some of the suppliers have changed so that a smaller percentage are small farms. There are more conventional suppliers being used. There is now GC/MS testing available by batch. They have reduced shipping costs and a 90 day guarantee. So there are many things that have improved. Does that help? Which qualities of NAN meant the most to you or which are you most concerned about? I am more than happy to answer any questions and as I mentioned in some of the comments, I am talking to other companies to have other options to meet the needs / desires of my readers. To some of them, buying organically and sustainably is important so I am looking into that primarily, but I do not want to sacrifice purity.

          Please let me know what your main concerns are and we can go from there. Thanks!

  4. Oh my gosh, THANK YOU FOR THIS ARTICLE! I feel the same as you and I’ve been a skeptic of the essential oils for a L-O-N-G time! I just had to try it out as we had a skin condition for my son that did not respond to Western medicine and I was desperate. I have several YL friends and that’s what I started with. But honestly our budget just can’t support that and I’m not willing to give up on what I’ve found using the essential oils. Thank you for your grueling, in-depth, well thought out and meticulous research. This is what I would like to do but I homeschool as well, work two days, support my husband at church on Sunday and then repeat each week. So I can’t devote the time to it. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

    1. You are so welcome. I totally understand how busy you are!! I feel the same way. I will be writing more – please stay tuned!

  5. Hi Adrienne, While I have used only a handful of oils for therapeutic/massage reasons, I am new to incorporating so many of them on a regular basis (as a diffuser) only because a friend was selling Young Living. I have used aura casual and NOW (from whole foods)And, the whole MLM turned me off and got me researching and brought me to your wonderful blog. I can’t thank you enough. So, I have read up on all the good things you mention on Organic Infusions website. Based on what I read(haven’t yet contacted them personally), I really liked what I saw and read; they seem to have a great selection of carrier oils other commentators on here mentioned about. And, they are sourced indigenously too. Have you come across this company? Also, while I like locally sourcing and supporting local companies, I did find an organic company called NHR organic oils based in the UK. I like how they are packaged, each oil is dated, individually packaged within a metal container with PDFs on testing info as well MSDS information on all oils. I bought a few recently and I seem to really like their products. Please do share if you learn anything from Organic Infusions and or NHR organic oils. I’d be happy to provide my input as you have provided to us. It is good to learn and become an educated customer. And, I can’t thank you enough and I look forward to trying the companies you mentioned.
    Thanks, Sheetal

    1. Hello there, Sheetal.

      Nice to hear from you. As for Organic Infusions, I believe that is the company that I called this past week – they said that they don’t do GC/MS testing on all of their oils. As for NYR (I think that is what you mean) / Neal’s Yard Remedies, I am a rep for them and I love them. Here is more on them https://wholenewmom.com/neals-yard-remedies-nyr-organic/ and here is my site. https://us.nyrorganic.com/shop/wholenewmom/area/shop-online/category/aromatherapy/ May I ask if you are a masseuse? Please let me know if I can be of more assistance.

        1. Hello Terry. I am an affiliate for RMO, which means that I make money potentially when someone clicks through to their site from mine and orders from them. It depends on when they order. It’s how bloggers make money – for example if you click on an Amazon link from a blog and then place an order the blogger whose site you last clicked through would likely make income. For Neal’s Yard, I had known about them before, but became a rep for them just this year when I was looking for a good personal care company. They just happen to have essential oils as well, many of which are certified organic. I hope that helps. Please feel free to ask should you have more questions.

          1. I’m a little confused. First off I love the information you are posting in your articles. It is so helpful to me being new to the Essential Oil World :). I truly appreciate your fact finding missions! My question is that as far as I can tell your recommended company is RMO but you are a consultant for NYR organic? Do you use both? Recommend both?

            1. Hi Hilary,

              Thanks for reading and writing.

              I really appreciate your kind words. So this whole thing was very confusing. I went with RMO b/c of all of the reasons that I listed in my final post (this one). However, the company made some changes after purchasing NAN and just recently did a site upgrade. In that site upgrade, the growing conditions are no longer on the site and the country of origin isn’t on some of the oils. They are working on what to do w/ the site to put the information there, but they are sourcing more from conventional plants and state that their priority is purity over organic and that the oil quality shouldn’t be any different.

              In January I went w/ NYR for their personal care products (which are amazing) but they have a very nice aromatherapy line as well. And their oils are all sourced sustainably and many are organic. Plus they do GC/MS testing on each batch (as RMO does). So I am very confident in their oils (they are a 30+ year old company with a stellar reputation). For customers looking for organically and/or sustainably grown oils, they are my pick. They have a smaller selection, however, so going to RMO for oils that they do not have is my first recommendation. You will find that NYR’s Frankincense is a fabulous price. NYR hopes to bring more oils to the US and they are working on it.

              I do use both. Every day. I was only using RMO but really enjoy the NYR blends – I have Optimism (love it) and all but 1 of their roll ons (the Travel one is great for headaches and motion sickness), and plan to try out more. My singles are almost all from RMO – mainly b/c I have so many, but I do have the NYR Organic Lavender and plan to buy their Frankincense soon and a few other of their singles.

              I hope that clarifies things. I am talking with both companies about all of these things and am talking to other companies as well to see if there are others that I can confidently recommend. Please feel free to ask any other questions.

          2. THANK YOU! That makes perfect sense 🙂 I really wish I had found your article sooner!! I am looking for something to use with my daughter for headaches. She gets them a lot during school. I hate giving her medicine but it’s gotten to the point where it’s either that or she goes to sleep. Going to sleep throws off her whole routine which causes a whole other set of problems. You mentioned above the travel blend. A lot of what I have seen has said peppermint is good for headaches yet when I looked at the oils in the travel I don’t see peppermint? If you were to make your own blend for headaches what would you put in it? Also you mentioned cold sore’s – I get those and would love a natural remedy for them! I read your blog on your homemade antibacterial oil (would you suggest trying that). Would it need to be diluted? Do you ever make it diluted and use that way or is it standard practice to make it first and then dilute as you use it (little by little)?
            Sorry for so many questions I am just super excited to find someone who has done their research and knows what they are talking about!!

            1. You are so welcome, Hilary. Believe me, this has been a ton of work. And it’s still ongoing with more and more showing up almost every day. I just got an email from a company that I was considering recommending – they started doing GC/MS testing of their oils and some of them came back w/ synthetic additives — even those that were certified organic. I don’t understand that, but it’s just terrible. They said they were using only “trusted sources”. :(.

              We have used Peppermint as well, but my son (who gets the most head issues in our family) likes the blends better. RMO has a new roll on set for kids and they have a “Clear Head” blend as well. It’s hard to say which I would recommend more but I think the Travel Blend from NYR. It’s here: https://us.nyrorganic.com/shop/wholenewmom/area/shop-online/category/remedies-to-roll/product/2743/travel-remedies-to-roll-0-30-fl-oz/

              I have made my own blend but only once and I patterned it after the RMO Kids roll on, since I had misplaced the roll on :).

              I would just work on doing one or the other and make sure you have diluted it enough for your child and according to her age make sure that the oils included are fine for her.

              The dilution of the antibacterial oil would depend on what you are using it for. If you want to use that on the cold sore make sure it’s heavily diluted as it would be on your face.

              I am not an aromatherapist and have a ton to learn, but happy to help as I can :).

              Have you checked your daughter’s diet? Many I have heard from say that going grain free has helped a lot!

              Yes, you are correct that there is no peppermint in the NYR Travel Blend. There isn’t any in the RMO Kids Head Blend either – but the other oils in there all can be helpful.

  6. Just thought I’d clarify for you about having to spend $100 on oils to receive a good discount. With Young living, you only need to spend $100 if you’re doing the BUSINESS. Otherwise, once you become a member, everyone receives the same wholesale pricing. If you spend 5 bucks and don’t do the business, you’re getting the same discount as if you spent 100 and do the business. 🙂 that’s why I love their system so much, I didn’t feel pressured to over spend when I first started because I didn’t have to and could get the same discount as everyone else.

  7. Hi Adrienne, I read your extensive post ( thank you for your hard work) after signing up with doTerra and at the moment am trying to get my LRP’s up so I can get an expensive oil and then call it a day! My husband thinks EO’s are a scam in general so doesn’t endorse me buying them but i’m convinced they have natural healing value…it’s the cost that’s prohibitive. I live in the UK and although you said RM ship free internationally over $199 customs tax here is expensive and the pound is not doing well in exchange rates. I don’t want to buy in bulk now and was wondering if i read a previous post of yours correctly that Neal’s Yard oils are reputable.as I can get them here. Can you confirm this please?.

  8. Hi Adrienne, really appreciate all your work on diving into these companies. It’s something I began to do when I first got into EOs and quickly realized how daunting of a task it was. That is when I found your blog. Any chance you will consider doing a post ranking the companies based on quality, price, etc? I am going to try RMO, but I wanted to see if there are similarly ranked companies at a lesser cost.

    1. You are so welcome! It’s a big job for sure. I had no idea. It’s only gotten worse w/ all of the companies cropping up. I have started talking to a few other companies to bring more options to the table, but I can’t really present any other recommendations at this point except for RMO. I do like NYR oils – they don’t have the same amount of oils available but I trust their quality. Some of their oils are less expensive than RMO’s. It just depends on what you are looking for. I am so swamped personally and professionally — I’m doing what I can but am just swamped. Thanks for reading!

  9. Hello- I’ve enjoyed reading this series because I too have become a bit obsessed with EO. I started researching, because of the huge $$ between some online companies (Doterra, YL, Plant Therapy) and the ones I found at Whole Foods ( NOW and Aura Cacia).

    Have you done any research on PLant Therapy? It looks great to me, especially $$, but i’d love to know if you learned anything about them.

    Thanks JGools

    1. Hi there and thanks for commenting. I have started talking to a few other companies to bring more options to the table, but I can’t really present any other recommendations at this point except for RMO. I do like NYR oils – they don’t have the same amount of oils available but I trust their quality. I didn’t go with Plant Therapy when I did this series for several reasons. Sorry I can’t give you more information at this point. It’s a mess out there w/ all of the new companies!

  10. Thank You sooo much ! I am starting a business selling diffuser necklaces and oils… and your article has been soooo helpful! You’ve saved me tons of research thank you!

    1. You are so welcome! Hope to see you around again. More to come on oils and such so I hope you stay tuned!

  11. We have been using oils for 18 years. Have tried numerous oil companies. We tried your Native American Nutritionals oils and found them to be inferior to Young’s or go Desana oils. Still have NAN oils from 5 years back that we don’t use because they don’t work very well at all. We are not into the mlm part of the business of any oil company to make money, this is just our experience. We use oils because they work.

    Thank you,

    1. Hi Sackett. Can you tell me why you thought they were inferior? And why you chose to keep oils for 5 years if they aren’t working? There are safety concerns about using some oils that are older so I hope that you are aware of that. Are you referring to Young Living or Be Young?

      Thanks for reading.

  12. It almost sounds like you are describing Mountain Rose Herbs when selecting your reasons for Rocky Mountain oils. Why did you not find MRH to be as good? Thanks for any insight!

    1. And Mountain Rose Herbs EOs are almost all certified organic. Sorry I should have lumped that all into one question 🙂

    2. Things were very complicated when I started this series and as it turns out some of the information that I got from MRH seems to not have been accurate. I am doing what I can to do more research and plan to share with you all when I can. Thanks!

      1. Adrienne, I quote you ” Things at the company are very different now that RMO has bought NAN”
        What is meant by that statement ?

        Also, you tend to bring up NYR a lot these days… Does this mean that you don’t consider RMO as your first pick essential oil company anymore ? Has NYR moved up and become your first pick ?

        I’m a little confused..

        1. Hi Brian.

          A lot of things have changed at RMO – they have all new staff (I don’t know that barely anyone is still there who was there before, safe the Owner of RMO) and new better quality controls. Then other things like the bottle and labels, etc. and they had a new site and now it has been redone again. I was supposed to go and see their facilities this summer to see it all up close but the trip hasn’t happened yet.

          As for NYR, the main reason that I have brought them up more in recent days is that RMO doesn’t have organic growing information on their site right now (it used to be on there) and I have gotten quite a few questions about organic oils. I trust NYR a great deal and so am mentioning them as a source that I trust where people can get reasonably priced organic quality oils.

          I am in the process of talking to RMO about their site and how they are going to indicate what oils are grown organically, etc. And I am talking to other companies that have organic oils so this will all get sorted out. But in the meantime that’s where we are at. I love RMO’s quality controls, their blends, and their attention to detail, return policy and free shipping but I don’t want to ignore my readers’ concerns.

          There are so many things going on in the industry. Organic doesn’t necessarily mean high quality and high price doesn’t necessarily mean higher quality either. There are a lot of bases to cover and it’s going to take me awhile and in the mean time I assume that there will be changes to the RMO site to make things more clear so customers will be able to make good decisions.

          Does that help?

  13. Wow! Adrienne! My first time to your blog, and I can tell you have your heart and mind in the right place! I’m grateful to you for this immense job of research, and for keeping clear about what you were looking for. I’ve been looking into essential oil sources for a while. Living in Europe, I’ve found a great company (although would need to see how they measure up on the first disitllation angle) but they don’t ship outside France! I have friends who are very enthusiastic about doTerra and I met a lovely massage therapist using doTerra oils. I was looking into becoming a distributor through her, not because I want to make lots of money this way. My business is something else, but because “hey”, if we can save money, that’s always a good thing. But something (very unscientific, but I trust my intuition) didn’t feel quite right. I’m sure they’re a great company for the quality they offer – although it’s a shame for both sides that things got personal (that energy is not a great thng to receive or put out) – but I don’t feel they’re the right company for me. The massage therapist was happy with them though, and felt “energetically” that they were the best oils she’d used. Perhaps it all comes down to what people are looking for. Integrity, quality, and purity, are for me, as is the vision and heart of the people behind the company and how much that is present in the whole company. These qualities I also picked up from you – it just comes through in your blog. I’ll definitely be looking into Native American Nutiritionals. And I’ll look into NYR which being in London is easier to get. I also found this blog post which I think is fantastic, and adds a great insight into the discussion and the conclusion you came up with. https://marvymoms.com/native-american-nutritionals-rocky-mountain-oils/

    1. Hi Susan! Thanks for commenting. I appreciate your encouragement and the link. I think you will love NYR. Things at the company are very different now that RMO has bought NAN, but I do appreciate it. Your encouragement really means so much. I’m trying to do what I can with the time that I have. There is so much information out there – hard to sort through everything! Some day I hope to be in London!

  14. I actually started buying RMO oils upon your recommendation, However as I started looking into things I realized that they are not organic. In fact if you ask them they will tell you that there are some countries in which the plants are not able to be grown organically. I really like their oils, so I’m a bit disappointed. What would be your second recommendation, organic, top quality, and preferably not too pricey… Thanks

    1. Hello Rose. I am aware that they don’t have organic designations on their site right now – they have just upgraded the site and are figuring out how to add that to the oil descriptions as some of their oils are organic and some are not. I am also looking at other companies to put together another post – things change in the market all the time and it’s all very confusing and time consuming to find a company that you can really trust. I’m personally and professionally swamped right now but am doing what I can. In the meantime, if they can meet your needs (they don’t have a huge selection but are working on bringing more to the US), NYR Organic has almost all organic oils and they do GC/MS testing on each of their batches and they put sustainability high on their list of priorities. Here is my site – I highly recommend them as well. I hope to write more as soon as I have more information. Please feel free to email wholenewmom {at} gmail {dot} com should you have more questions or you can comment here. https://us.nyrorganic.com/shop/wholenewmom/area/shop-online/category/essential-oils/ I hope that helps! You can read more about NYR Organic here: https://wholenewmom.com/neals-yard-remedies-nyr-organic/

  15. Thanks for doing all this research! From the links it shows that you are an affiliate for RMO now. I’m trusting that didn’t factor into your decision, butI admit it’s hard for me sometimes to trust anyone online. I have used a few different brands and love essential oils. At the end of the day, I believe that once you find a safe, pure oil, the decision really comes down to whether you want to simply use them for yourself or plan to distribute them. If you only want to be a customer, I think RMO or a similar brand is the way to go (cost savings, with perhaps sacrificing some availability and selection). If you want to make money, then I think you pick one of the larger MLMs (and I think from a pure business perspective doTERRA is the clear option as far as growth trends – though you might lose a few friends is all you do is talk EOs).

    1. Hi Spencer. You are so welcome. I actually was told by one of the big MLM companies that I could make $8K a month based on my traffic if I stayed with them. When I went w/ this company they didn’t even have an affiliate program. So it was very risky. That being said, I hear what you are saying.

      I do think that it’s hard being a distributor and having to buy them every month — what are your thoughts about that?

  16. Did you kn I will anything about Eden’s Garden Essential Oils? They v are the ones I have been buying from. I’d like your take on them.

    1. I am working when I have time to check on other brands. I didn’t go w/ Eden’s when I did this series for some reasons. Companies change what they are doing all the time and there are so many out there. I’m doing what I can to figure out more and share with you all when I can, but it takes hours just to look at one company…or more. Please stay tuned. Thanks!

  17. WOW! I am so impressed with the research and time it took for this series. Thank you , thank you, thank you! Let’s just say I have been using oils before they were cool. It was part of my upbringing, so I just kept on using them. I didn’t look into the ins and outs of the process and quality until now. I have been browsing the internet about anything essential oils. I thought that maybe the ones I were using were not top quality and I didn’t even know it. I really appreciate the work you have done with this subject. Best wishes!

    1. Hi Melissa and welcome! I will be writing more about oils in general and about other companies too I hope. Thanks for the kind words and hope to see you around again!

      1. Adrienne,

        I am location is Norway.

        The NYR Organic “order form” has a country drop down tab, but only country listed in the drop down is the united states.

        So what international overseas options were you referring to ?

        Brian.

        1. Hello Brian.

          NYR Organic has Direct Sales only in the US and the UK but they are looking at other options and they do have some retail stores in some other countries.

          I would think at this point that for you RMO is the best option. I’m hoping to write about other companies in the near future.

          Best,

          Adrienne

  18. Thank you so much for opening my eyes…. Not that I was doing to bad. I used Aura Cacia occasionally. But you you help me now to make more aquality choices!

    1. Thank you! I will be writing more about oils and this company and other companies as well – hopefully in the near future so please do stay tuned!