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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

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.Pin

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 Young Living and doTERRA. So I started contacting a bunch of other essential oils companies and asked a lot of questions.

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 him for a few hours, which turned into many hours after that, and I felt that he really knew his stuff.

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, and 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 (only because 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.)

Why I Chose Rocky Mountain Oils

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

Here are some of the qualities that make Rocky Mountain Oils a solid place to buy your essential oils from.

1.  Experience

The owner of Native American Nutritionals 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 Oils – all 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 felt they had to make some changes to put a higher 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

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

10.  No Adulterating

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

Unless declared on the label, the oils are pure. The only things added would be a carrier oil to make the oil or blend easier to use right out of the bottle.

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 pure and not just a song and dance.

More Essential Oils Posts

Here are other posts that you might want to check out in this series on essential oils.

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  1. I research soooo many brands before stumbling upon a blog comment mentioning Améo. I would like to pass on the favor of whoever’s post that was that I saw and mention them here. If you are looking into essential oils, please do your own research and don’t just take anyone’s word for which company is best. Check out (site deleted by blog owner) and click on the Améo difference. Améo is the only company that is producing clinical grade (not just a marketing term) which are the same grade as the oils used my researchers and doctors for peer reviewed journal articles published on Pub Med. Proven cell active and permeable (surprisingly some oils don’t pass), and innovated science to bring much needed legitimacy to this industry. You can even look up your test results of each bottle of oil you purchase + so much more.

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    1. Hi there. I am sorry but I have to ask for folks to not use my site as a means to recruit representatives to your MLM business. I didn’t choose this company for a reason and would appreciate not being used as a marketing platform. I do appreciate you reading and commenting, however. Thank you for your understanding.

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    2. I completely disagree with Lindsay. Ameo is a MLM and their product is not as she stated, and their customer service is awful. I’m not an expert by any means, but I completely trust Adrienne’s research and have since switched from others to the one she recommended and I can’t say enough about this wonderful company. It’s everything she said. Thank you Adrienne so much for you research and help!!

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      1. I’m so glad to hear that you are happy with them. More information to come on the company- thanks for your kind words!

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      1. Adrienne, July 11,2015….do you still stand behind the NAN brand oils, please.? Thanks for all your time you invested in writing all the articles you did. At first I was confused, however after reading it again, I did have a little better understanding. I just want to feel better without all the pharmaceutical medications. Thanks in advance for your reply.

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        1. Hi there. Yes, I do. I use them all the time. I made it very clear to the company that if I ever had a problem with their quality, I would stop recommending them. Thanks for reading and blessings as you work on your health. If you are comfortable sharing, feel free to let me know here or in an email what you are struggling with. Perhaps it’s something I have some experience with.

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  3. we are a medical spa.
    We plan to take a aromatherapy or essential oil training classes,,do you have any suggestion for the training facility.thank you.

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  4. Hi Adrienne!

    Thank you for your abundant work on behalf of all of us! In our mutual attempts to be healthy AND wisely use our money, it is vital to make good choices in the products we select!

    I have used Native American Naturals/Rocky Mountain Oils. Their list of available oils is sometimes limited, so I also use Mountain Rose Herbs. Do you have any current updates on your thoughts about the quality of MRH oils? Your insights and guidance will be SO appreciated!

    Respectfully,
    Mary Beth

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    1. Hi there. Sorry for the delay – I’ve been swamped. Thanks for your kind words! I don’t really have an update – I have just been so busy. One thought is that they are not an oils company – they are an herbs company. So it’s not their specialty. I personally really like their company but I do prefer Frontier herbs and spices pretty much. I hope that helps. Is there an oil you are looking for? I can recommend it to NAN / RMO. They will be having some big changes coming soon so stay tuned!!

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  5. Thank you for this information!! Amidst all the brochure speak it’s hard to find concrete information regarding the oils besides “pure therapeutic grade” blah blah blah. I’m glad there is a company out there not selling oils for crazy prices!. I have oils from YL, DoTERRA, Edens Garden, and now NAN. I decided to research companies to try and finds a company that wouldn’t charge an arm and a leg for one oil or for vitamin packs. As a single mom I’m sure we can all appreciate lower priced oils. I just recieved my vitamins (defense) and copaiba and an excited to begin using them. I think I’ve found my company 🙂 I honestly can’t spends so much money as the MLM companies are charging, it’s way to much especially considering we can get the same quality and purity without having to pay each consultant and their upline a piece. Thank you

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  6. thank you so much for this extensive and informative articles. so helpful. loved it. I went with your recommendation since I loved your reasons for choosing them. I am a Young Living user but find some of their products too expensive.
    Thank you again. You helped not only me, but also my daughter in law who is about to delivery and the oils I purchased were to assist in her delivery (I am also a midwife so would love to work more with oils for my laboring patients.
    thanks
    alit

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    1. You are so welcome – hope to see you around again. More coming about these companies and oils in general.

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  8. Thank you very much for 1) being a skeptic, like me, and 2) for doing so much research and sharing it–even if you’re not a rocket scientist (tongue in cheek). I am very green regarding EO’s, and have been caught up in doTERRA vs. Young Living vs. the rest of the world, if you know what I mean. I was going to forget it all until I received an invitation to the 2015 “Essential Oils Revolution”, which has been providing me with unbiased (at least there is no mention of specific brand names) information, things to think about in order to make wise decisions. That information prompted me to try to find whoever might be considered “the best” EO company, and that led me to your articles. Thanks!

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    1. You are so welcome. The Summit looks very interesting to me, but keep in mind that I think 19 of the speakers were w/ doTERRA, and the people running it were as well. I was going to promote it but felt that would be a problem for my readers. I’m glad you learned a lot.

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  9. Thanks for all the information and the time you spent! You will make my provider decision much easier! Thanks again!

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  10. Hi Adrienne,
    Thank you for your investigations, you saved me.
    I have purchased YL, considered doTerra, now happy to have found your research.
    Do you take NAN’s oils internally such as lemon,orange? Which others are safe to take internally?
    Many thanks for your time out of your busy life -gratefully appreciated.
    Warmest wishes Jane

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