Fake Lavender

When I was a kid one of the first remembrances of the Lavender smell was those little sachets that my mom would put into her lingerie drawer.  Did you ever have those?  I always hated them. Many times they would just give me a headache. It made me think that I just hated the smell of lavender.  Now, I know that what I was probably smelling was Fake Lavender.  

Synthetic lavender is in almost everything from shampoos, soaps and lotions, and especially those lingerie drawer lavender sachets.  In the book “The Essential Oil Truth, The Facts without the Hype” and “French Aromatherapy” there is a quote from the author, Jen O'Sullivan, about Lavender: 

“According to the Lavender Growers Association, there is 100 times 

more of this oil exported from France each year than is actually grown there!” 

She is asked all the time where she got that statistic. It is from world-renowned Aromatherapist, Dr. Kurt Schnaubelt. Here is what he says in his book “Healing Intelligence of Essential Oil: The Science of Advanced Aromatherapy”

“French export data shows that 250 tons of so-called Fine Lavender are exported annually. The statistics of the Association of Lavender Growers in Volx show that less than 20 tons are in fact distilled. Ironically, this glaring fraud is obvious to those who can read the gas chromatograms, ostensibly recorded to demonstrate purity. Generally neither local vendor nor customer can read the chromatogram, but both associate proof of authenticity with its sheer existence. In reality most Lavender chromatograms passed around in the marketplace prove adulteration.”
~ Kurt Schnaubelt, PhD (2011) “Healing Intelligence of Essential Oil: The Science of Advanced Aromatherapy”

So, what does that mean?  It means that chemical lavender is used is most products!  Fortunately for you and me, Young Living only uses 100% pure, fine, unadulterated, unfractionated, Lavender from the species Lavandula angustifolia. 

You’re in good hands with Young Living!