It is important to know how an Essential Oil is produced in order to appreciate the potency, purity, and efficacy of the product. The original term “essence” derives from the early practices of separating the bulk “vegetable” from the source of the results of that herb. This essence is what creates the desired effect of the EO. Distillation is used to extract the select light aromatic compounds that we want. The distillation process is finely tuned for each EO. The process is highly refined and critical to the quality of the resulting product. This is true for whiskey, perfumes, and other high-value products that reduce large masses of base material to tiny batches of essential distillates.