What is the difference between essential oil and perfume oil?
Essential oils are chemical oil. They are generally extracted from the leaves, flowers, stem of plants and provide many health benefits that is why they are known are essential which means important or vital. They are made up of some herbs and necessary plants. Where as perfume oils are aromatic compounds and used mainly for the fragrance. Perfume oils are generally used in soap, lotion and food essence to add flavors.
Essential oils are volatile, fragrant liquids extracted from plant leaves, bark, wood, stems, flowers, seeds, buds, roots, resins and petals, usually through steam distillation. In other words, they are raw materials that can be used to create perfumes. They are highly concentrated and apart from a few exceptions, should not be used directly on the skin, although they can be diluted in a carrier oil, such as jojoba, for such use. Perfume oils are fragrance components, natural or synthetic, in an oily base rather than an alcohol base, and can be used directly on the skin.
