Saturday, May 24, 2008

Price of Patchouli Essential Oil

Wow! I had heard that the price had gone up on this essential oil, but hadn't had a need to buy any in quite some time. I was amazed to see that the price on supplier websites ranged from around $50-$200. The sizes varied, but this is outrageous to me. I cannot justify paying that much for an ingredient. I would have to pass along the cost to my customers, and that is something I am not comfortable doing.

Luckily I found a full bottle in my supply cupboard the other day so I won't have to purchase the oil for a while. I am hoping that the price goes down before I need to replenish my supply. If it does not go down I will be forced to suspend production of soaps that contain this ingredient. This change would affect the All Natural My Man Soap. I will post notification if and when the time comes that I do this.

To me, my customers come first and a price increase is not acceptable.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Bummer! It is one of my favorite scents! When I was a teen, I wore a "perfume" made of pachouli, ylang-ylang and sage.

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