Where to find the most ethical and the best essential oils in the UK

Today after having a nice chat with Scott from Kobashi I decided it was time to share with you all this secret gem hiding in the South West of England. Scott and Linda run Kobashi, a company based in Devon selling top quality essential oils. What does that mean? Well, Scott has his on GCMS (gas chromatogram with a mass detector) and therefore he can probe the quality of essential oils to minute quantities spotting pesticides residues, solvent residues and so on. This means that you do not need to buy organic oils when you deal with Kobashi as you have the peace of mind that purity is a fact and not only a myth (there are many essential oils suppliers that do not do this kind of testing) . When you smell their Jasmin absolute, all the other jasmins you will smell will not be as good anymore, and this I am afraid is a downside of dealing with top quality essential oils.
The other side to Kobashi is their total committment to being cruelty free as they have a cut off date that goes back to 1985! Not only they stick to it, restricting their choices, but also they have a collection of signatures to stop the booming of animal testing that the REACH legislation (REACH: registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals) entails
To have a look and purchase their fantastic essential oils visit their website

Comments

[Walking Man of Wiltshire]

This is very interesting. From what I understand of essential oil adulteration, you would have to visit the growers' and distillers' actual sites in all countries of production, no matter how remote, to ensure fair play. Apparently, even the vegetal raw materials can be "adjusted" before distillation. Please see www.cropwatch.org
No-one has more information on essential oil purity and adulteration than Tony Burfield. (He is an industry ex-poacher turned gamekeeper).
Kind regards, Walking Man