buckytom said:
just curious aruzinsky, what defines an oil?
1. any of large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid ar ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not water, used for lubricating, illuminating, etc..
Although not in this definition, most people do not call volatile substances such as gasoline, "oil."
Most essential oils are volatile, not unctuous or viscous and have some slight solubilty in water, e.g., maybe 1 drop/gal. or partial solubility in water at greater concentrations. Out of the class of all essential oils, I suppose that a few are true oils, but that would be a small minority. This bring me to correct my previous statement about lemon oil. Now brand lemon oil is cold pressed as opposed to steam distilled so maybe it has nonvolatile components that might be true oil. Steam distilled lemon oil, which is completely volatile, is available elsewhere.