What I love most about fragrance oils, is the scent LASTS. Not quite so well in soaps when it comes to citrus but in lotions and anhydrous products its there. I made a Cucumber Mint Toner a few months ago. I added in peppermint essential oil and maybe 4 drops of cucumber fragrance oil. For the first week to two weeks, the scent of peppermint and that oomph on my skin was all I could feel or smell of the peppermint. And this was peppermint essential oil from a reputable French company (Aroma Zone). After a week or ten days, the scent and the tingle factor are gone leaving me with a faint peppermint scent and a clean cucumber scent as well.
I find I have begun to trust fragrance oils a lot more in the past year than essential oils. There are way too many lawsuits happening these days regarding essential oils and purity, various ingredients/claims, and even just simply how do you know you are getting what you pay for? Fragrance oils are great as they are always giving me consistent results. And I find that I only need a few drops to scent a lotion so I get an echo of a smell, or a few more for a more potent scent. I get to control that, and I know it will be like that a month later without worry.
