Wonder how much of the hype about essential oils can be attributed to the conflation of "essential"-- essence of-- with "essential"-- necessary, important.

Like this essential oil is the essence of mint. It's not particularly essential or useful or anything.

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's incredibly silly because they're literally just for perfumes, even since forever ago, the main reason people used these oils was for smelling nice.

[–] BigHaas@hexbear.net 5 points 9 months ago

Well some are legitimately psychoactive like lavender oil

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think it has to be a lot of it. They've been the dominant form of woo longer than crystals or homeopathy were, haven't they?

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't know about that... Extracting essential oils is sounds alot harder than picking up a rock and saying it's magical.

[–] MemesAreTheory@hexbear.net 6 points 9 months ago

Ah but that gives an illusion of rigor. Surely people wouldn't go through all the effort for nothing, right?