Recommended essential oils?

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I also am interested in any recommendations...product or websites.  My local health food store is outrageously expensive. Like 20$ per oz

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I use these essential oils for beauty use, in the bath, in an oil burner, etc and they're affordable so may be worth a try. I've found Amazon is very good for finding low prices too:

lavender, geranium, bergamot, grapefruit, lime, lemongrass, ylang ylang, clary sage, patchouli and rosewood. I just had a look on Amazon and benzoin and petitgrain look pretty reasonable too even though I haven't used them. They are listed as notes in perfumes, though, so might be worth getting.

I find geranium and bergamot work well together (also with lavender) and lavender and lime are a great combination, as is lavender and ylang ylang/clary sage. Geranium is a brilliant oil to use as it's a bit rosy (also citrusy) so it's a good alternative to rose oil which is super expensive and ylang ylang, although not exactly like jasmine, has got a similar kind of exotic headiness to it but it's soooo much cheaper than jasmine.

Have a look on the net and see what other oils you can find. HTH!

I've been making natural skin care for 3+ years now, I've experimented with quite a few companies and I'd have to say www.mountainroseherbs.com is by far the best quality I've found. They have pretty decent pricing as well.

Also- recently I found www.essentialwholesale.com they have wonderful prices and they have good quality products as well.

This is a great site. Thank you for the ideas of where to find less expensive oils.  i like the smell of virginia cedar and grapefruit together, and the blend smells awesome with rose geranium.

I recently took an aromatherapy class that was very informative.  Our instructor was telling another 'lady of a certain age' that frankincense, patchouly, all the expensive stuff was  good for mature skin.

I said,"That's because, at our age, we can afford that expensive stuff!";-)

We all had a  hearty laugh at that one.

soapgoods.com has a good selection of EO's at a decent price, but I haven't purchased from them yet to judge their quality. I do like Ananda Apothecary's prices and quality, though. Floracopeia has great, fantastic quality oils, but are pricey. Also seconding Mountain Rose Herbs. I've had good experiences with them in the past, too.

have you tried LEMA Kazanlak oils? they make the best from Bulgaria in my opinion. the quality is simply stunning!

http://www.aroma-zone.com/