Are Organic Essential Oils Better?

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Is Organic Better?

There seem to be different thoughts about it. In case you don't want to read all the screenshots below, in summary two of them say no, it doesn't matter. The latter says it usually doesn't matter except in the case of citrus oils, because they're usually cold pressed. I love citrus oils, so thought I should read more into it.

Gritman Says Organic Oils Are Not as Good

Gritman says that organic plants are happy and that stressed plants produce the best oils, so organic oils may not be as good as non-organic.

Gritman

Tisserand Says It's Not Important

Tisserand says that the the biocides might be usually gone by the time the plant is harvested.

Tisserand

Rodales Says It Matters For Citrus Oils

Rodales Organic Life says usually organic doesn't matter but there are exceptions.

Rodales Organic Life

In Summary

I'm going to go with what Rodales Organic Life says since they have a study to back it up. However, I do realise that different countries have different standards of what organic is. With that being said, I will be trying my best to buy organic when citrus oils are concerned. There are exceptions and that is when they are not cold pressed.