What is the Difference Between an Herbal Essential Oil and Infused Oil?
By: HS Schulte Both essential oil and infused oil are made from herbs or plants. Infused oils are diluted, while essential oils are pure concentrated oils. Infused oil is prepared by crushing or chopping the plant, or herb, and placing it into oil, such as jojoba, or olive oil. The properties of the plant are then infused into the oil for several weeks before straining the plant from the oil using cheese cloth. The plant or herb is then discarded. Infused plant oils carry some of the properties of the plant, but are not concentrated because they are diluted by the other oil. Essential oils come directly from the plant or herb and contain no other oils or ingredients. To produce essential oil a distiller is required. An essential oil distiller works by passing steam over the plant or herb. The steam carries the properties of the herb to a condenser. The condenser collects the plant oil and cools it eventually dripping the plant oil back into a receptacle called a collector. Because they
