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Frankincense is another example of an adulterated oil.
The essential oil requires 12 hours to be steam distilled from the resin and is very expensive. When these cut, synthetic and adulterated oils cause rashes, burns or other irritations, we wonder why we do not get the benefit we were expecting and conclude that essential oils do not have much value. In France, production of true lavender oil dropped from 87 tons in 1967 to only 12 tons in 1998. During this same time, the demand for lavender oil has grown over 100 times. They use a combination of synthetic and adulterated oils.