Come summer, there's nothing like the clean, refreshing scent of citrus to awaken the senses.
Quality is always important, but when it comes to citrus, it's absolutely crucial.
With citrus oils, organic is a particularly important quality factor because the rinds of citrus fruits absorb the chemicals when a crop is sprayed, and citrus oils are extracted directly from these rinds. That's why Frontier has made it a priority to offer third-party certified organic lemon, sweet orange and grapefruit essential oils. But that's the only variation you should be able to detect. Poor quality essential oils are sometimes adulterated with other synthetic oils, producing a tainted scent. If you place a drop or two of an adulterated essential oil on a piece of blotter paper, it will leave an off-smelling dryout note when it evaporates.