The essential oil myth of the moment: "Getting GC-MS test results is the best (some would say, only) way to ensure essential oil quality & purity"

In the essential oil industry, deception is everywhere. Over the years there have been trickles of advice fed to therapists and consumers about how to protect themselves from being duped by adulterated, impure and inferior essential oils.  

Back in the boom of MLM essential oils, the trend was“self-certification”; the idea that a company should be controlling their own testing and certification. That notion had pretty obvious flaws. It quickly became apparent that ‘certified pure tested grade’ and similar terms have little to no meaning when it comes to the quality of an oil.

Thus a new trend emerged; these days consumers are being told to demand GC-MS test results from their essential oil suppliers.