Click here to learn about hosting packages, including a FREE plan. At present, at least where I live, there is an abundance of interest in aromatherapy and also a scarcity of therapeutic essential oils. Almost every complementary practitioner around here advertises that they use flower essences or aromatherapy in their practice.
Most people understand essential oils as having something to do with the sense of smell.
Therefore, they look for an oil that smells strongly, a perfume grade oil. Unfortunately, unscrupulous or unknowledgeable re-sellers sometimes propagate this misinformation. Perfume oils are not therapeutic grade oils, of which the aroma itself is secondary to the therapeutic effect. If the oils are not as close to their natural state as possible, they are not as effective for treatment. Several years ago, Dr. Christian Duraffourd and Dr. Jean-Claude Lapraz conducted a series of studies to determine if this was true.