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To learn

more about the strength of oils, it is useful to try experiments where you add one drop of a selected essential oil

to 5 drops carrier oil to get a 20% dilution, smell it, study the aroma, then add another 5 drops of carrier oil to

get a 10% dilution, smell it and study the aroma again, then repeat as desired. This can help educate you on the

characteristics and strengths of each essential oil at various dilution ratios.




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I am pretty clueless when it comes to perfumery. But do they really base their calculations in

this way? According to my benighted calculations, if I have one drop of EO and five drops of carrier, I have 6 drops

in total, one of which is EO. So 16.7% is EO. So is not this a 16.7% dilution, and not, as stated, a 20%

dilution?

(Isn\'t Oscar real good at this stuff?)

(Oh, yeah, one other thing. If you need any help,

I\'ll be glad to anoint you, SRH [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img].)