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This path of figuring out which is the best essential oils company has been hard work.

When I started out trying Young Living's Thieves blend, I had NO idea that I would be digging this heavily into a bunch of oils companies to find out which brand gave my family the biggest bang for the buck.

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There's been a lot of info to sort through, and life has been little [a lot] crazy over the past 6 months.)

Read on to see what I've been learning.

First of all, if you missed my earlier posting on essential oils, you might want to revisit:

– A Skeptic Looks at Essential Oils
– Are Essential Oils a Scam? – Peppermint, Wintergreen, and More
– Which Essential Oils Company is Best – Part One

A lot has happened since those posts.

I had questions and more questions to ask and I think I probably almost drove a few oil company folks crazy in the process. But I feel pretty good about what I am going to share with you now.

But before I tell you which company I am going to be recommending, let me fill you in on how I got there and give you more information on essential oils in general.

Finding the Best Essential Oils Company

In trying to sort out which company I wanted to recommend to you (and where I wanted to buy my oils from), I did the following:

– contacted a bunch of companies
– looked at tons of websites
– talked on the phone with employees and owners of essential oils companies
– thought agonized a lot
– thought some more
– spent a bunch of money on oils (and I do mean a bunch)

I really took this very seriously.  I wanted to provide my family and my readers with the best essential oils company for the money.

Now of course, I can be wrong–and I do think that there is more than one good oil company out there.

But I am as sure as I can be right now that I have found a good one to recommend to you all.

What Makes a Quality Essential Oils Company

1.  The Essential Oils Company Should Sell Quality Oils

The oils need to be as high quality as possible without being astronomical in price.  They should be:

– extracted properly (under low temperature and low pressure)
– produced from plants grown in their indigenous locations (where they grow naturally)
– made from wild-crafted (indigenously grown and/or not removed entirely when harvested) and/or organic plants if at all possible

I have concerns along these lines about some of the companies that I looked into.  For example, Young Living is a very popular essential oils company.  In fact, if you recall from my post on A Skeptic Looks at Thieves Oil, and my post on Peppermint, Wintergreen, and More, you will see that I was at first very pleased with their oils.

However, I am concerned that many of Young Living's oils are sourced in the U.S.  That is great from the standpoint of keeping shipping costs to the U.S. low, but many of the plants from which their oils are derived are not indigenous to the U.S. and so I think that is one thing to consider.

But let's see what else our “search for the best essential oils company turns up.”  One company might not have everything we want…….

2.  The Essential Oils Should Be Pure

The oils must not have anything added to them, nor have anything taken out that should be “left in”

Apparently, it is commonplace for oils “experts” or oil companies to add things to essential oils in order to make them “go farther” and thus be cheaper to produce.  The companies can either make more profit by selling an inferior product at a high price, or they can offer an inferior product and an apparently “great price.”

I heard and read a lot about oil companies “monkeying around” with their oils in order to make them:

– smell better (By distilling oils longer or heating them, the “herby” smell of some oils is changed to make them more palatable.)
– pass quality and purity tests (Some “oil experts” are apparently smart enough to know what the tests are looking for, so they add things to the oils or alter them in other ways to make them “pass” the tests.  This is the case with oregano oil.  Some companies will adulterate their oregano oil to have carvacrol levels come to where they want them to be.)
– more profitable by adding fillers like propylene glycol and others

Additionally, oils should, when possible, be extracted with steam only–not with chemical solvents.  Who wants more chemical “nasties” on or in their bodies?  Not me.

Basically, the essential oils I want to use should be only pure essential oils.

Nothing added.  Nothing taken away.

You can read more about the adulteration of essential oils here.

3.  The Essential Oils Should Be Sold at an Affordable Price

The oils should be within the reach of most consumers' budgets.

Of course, as with everything, there are varying degrees of quality.  The company that I have chosen has very high quality.  However, even that company's owner admits that there are comparable, even higher quality oils available, but the prices of these oils are so exorbitant as to make them unaffordable to most people.

4.  The Oils Should Be Effective

The oils must work.

Of course, we want oils to do something, and not just smell nice.  I can use plain vanilla extract behind my ears for that :-).

Now, this is something that perhaps needs qualification. Of course, when talking about essential oils being effective, there are a lot of things that can go into that–the individual's condition, how the oil is applied, etc., whereas the other means of evaluating an oil (outside of the organoleptic [smell] testing) are more objective.

It's important to note that if an essential oils works, that doesn't mean it's pure. Also, if an essential oil doesn't work, that doesn't mean that it's impure or inferior.

5.  The Company Should Provide Education

Ideally, the oils company will offer opportunities to learn how to properly use oils to provide healthy options for the treatment of medical and emotional issues.

Of course, there is a huge amount of such information on the internet and in books like the following.

How's that for a lot of information to chew on?  See why this has been tough?

Well, hang in there with me.  I'll be back real soon with more information.

The Essential Oil Company I Recommend

If you'd like to find out which essential oil company I went with at the end of this long search, read Announcing “the Best” Essential Oils Company – Part 7 .

You can also read the other parts of the series here:

For more in the series:

– Which Essential Oils Company is Best?
– 14 Ways to Spot Fake Essential Oils
– Young Living vs. doTERRA
– Are MLM Oils Worth It?
– Distillation, Bias, Vomit and Personal Attacks

A Great Essential Oils Book

If you're looking to learn more about essential oils, the following book is a great one to add to your library.

I Recommend
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Aromatherapy: A Complete Guide to the Healing Art

This book is a complete resource for everyone from students to practitioners. It has more than 90 formulas and covers cosmetics, perfumes, and therapeutic uses.

The authors have a combined 75 years of experience that will help you bring the power of plants to your everyday life in the areas of beauty, healthy, and overall wellness.

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330 Comments

  1. I don’t like d?TERRA or Young Living based on the fact that they are multi level marketing . There’s great essential oils at my local health food store.

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    1. Hi John. I get it. I actually think that there are some good MLMs out there, but they, like any other business structure can be corrupt. What brands do you use?

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  2. What is your opinion of Plant Therapy and Bulk Apothecary? I am interested to know as I’m considering getting my fractionated coconut oil from BA and PT has some oils that I’m interested in that neither RMO nor d?TERRA (I’m a rep for d?TERRA) have.

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  3. Hi wholenewmom,
    I read all the 7-parts article on have benefitted tremendous values from your research. Great to find RMO as the final verdict.
    Recently I was recommended to another source. Just wondering if you have made any reference on this company? Would love to hear your comments and insights on comparing this to the companies you have researched so far.

    Here is the link:
    (affiliate link to organixx removed by blog owner)

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    1. Hello “Coach”.

      Thanks for your comment and for reading. I recommend that you go and check out these standards and see if Organixx measures up or not. https://wholenewmom.com/health-concerns/pure-essential-oils-testing/ .

      Two things, however.

      1. I thought it was odd that Jordan Rubin came on saying that Organixx (when it was Epigenetics) had the best oils on the market just shortly after he said the same thing about Dr. Axe’s oils. So maybe you can ask him about that.

      2. I would appreciate your not dropping affiliate links on my site to take advantage of my platform.

      Thank you again for reading.

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  4. Re: Hypothyroidism. Would like good quality oils for making my own recipe for topical application (which I do now). Looking forward to seeing your choice. What I currently use offers a lot of information on-line on each product, they have quick turn around times, free S&H, send great information with each order, I hope they are on your list.

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  5. I’m sorry some people have time to badmouth, but not to read the whole article. I have found it logical as to why you keep digging as well as what it takes & makes it a good company to buy your medicine. I mean thats what a lot of it comes down to. We want something that works better than otc drugs and we want it safe & natural. I love the tenacious research you do. Thank you. I also had trouble finding the best list, thanx for posting url again. Location, yes, I agree that some plants need to be harvested in original climate, makes it cost more, but has been tested thru time, which is more beneficial. The US cant duplicate every climate or soil & results. I have been making my own rubs for fibro, neuropathy, bug away, & sciatica. The one the thing that does work that I cant replicate is painstop. Any ideas? Appreciate all the research you share. Nina j

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    1. Hi there and thanks! I don’t know what painstop is…what kind of an oil blend is that? Let me know and perhaps I can help.

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    2. I’ve had great luck with sciatica and other pain with YL Panaway. I use, don’t sell.

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  6. Well, I guess this is just a troll site to get you a few pennies for each link everyone clicks to find the “winner.”
    Thanks for the waste of time.

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    1. Hi Bill.

      Thanks for reading.

      Nope. It’s the honest path of a healthy living mom (or at least trying to be that more and more) who was disappointed w/ the big MLMs in the business and sought to find out if there was a better option. The start of the series was about a year before the end. It was a very long path and I didn’t know what was going to happen.

      If you consider that to be a waste of time, then by all means, don’t read it. And you can skip my posts on essential oils purity and myths as well. I’ve been researching the industry a lot and those who don’t find this to be a waste will find a lot of good info.

      And your email is clearly not a real one, so it’s you who is the troll and you who are wasting my time. Funny how that works.

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  7. Wow….I ‘waded’ through all this ‘info’, went to the link, got an Error msge twice…. and STILL do NOT have a clue as to who is the BEST company to purchase Essential Oils from.
    What a waste of words and time.

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      1. I’m sorry – were you not able to get to this post? If not please let me know as perhaps there is a problem and then I can address it. Thanks.

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  8. Hi, I am new to essential oils and have been researching myself! Wow, I never knew it could be so much information out there! I am interested in a company called “plant Therepy” they offer a “kids safe” line of essential oils like germ buster, sniffle stopper, etc… have you heard of this company?! If so, what are your thoughts?!

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    1. Hi there. Welcome!

      I’m always looking at other companies and have a post coming out about how to know if your essential oils are pure – maybe even today. So stay tuned!

      I’ll hopefully talk more about other companies in the near future.

      In the meantime, these resources might be of help:

      https://wholenewmom.com/health-concerns/toxic-overload-health-concerns/essential-oils-testing-is-it-reliable/

      https://wholenewmom.com/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-essential-oils-before-you-buy/

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      1. Why not reply to a readers question with the answer instead of luring them to read more articles that STILL don’t mention the “best oil” in your opinion.

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        1. Hi Nada.

          It’s not a “lure.” It doesn’t make sense to announce my final choice in part 2 of the series where others might read it without having the explanation of why I chose the company or seeing the whole series of events that led to it. I’m merely showing the reader where to get the information so that he or she can see the information and get right to the post that has the answers in it. The answer is in the post that I linked to. Did you by chance miss it?

          Hope that helps.

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  10. I am wondering what you thinkof NOW essential oils? I use them for many of my vitamin needs, even organics. They seem to be VERY quality oriented and cost effective at the same time. So I am inclined to trust their EO products, which are all labelled the good way (100% oil, Steam distilled, etc). And they can be 25% the price of even supposed “bargains”, since their bottle is full ounce and usually less than the price of a 1/4 – 1/3 oz bottle of a ocmpetitor. The only downside I see is they come in plastic bottles.

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        1. I’ve heard arguments for both as well as the claim that all that matters is that you allow less light to get in and so it doesn’t matter what color the glass is.

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    2. NOW essential oils does NOT come in plastic bottles they only come in glass amber droppers only their carrier oils come in plastic PET bottles and that is perfectly fine. Have been using NOW for years and will not change.

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      1. great article. i have done a lot of research myself. i cant afford some of young livings oils so i tried others. love the big NOW bottles too especially for large needs like bug sprays. the cost is hugely different in some cases but the quality is not. glad you like Rocky Mountain Oils.

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