Cheap Essential Oils and Smell Training: What You're Actually Sniffing
Essential oil adulteration is widespread. What it means for smell training, and how GC/MS testing verifies what is actually in the bottle.
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Olfactory training — also called smell training — is a structured practice of sniffing four distinct scents twice daily. The protocol was established by Hummel et al. (2009) and has been examined in multiple published studies.
Each scent represents a primary odor category:
Fruity: Lemon (Citrus x limon)
Floral: Lavandin Grosso (Lavandula x intermedia)
Aromatic: Clove Bud (Syzygium aromaticum)
Resinous: Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus radiata)
• Four 100% pure essential oils
• Full 3-month supply at the twice-daily protocol
• Step-by-step protocol card
• Free printable 12-week training logbook
• Free 2-day US shipping
$69
Every oil in the kit is sourced from suppliers who provide GC/MS testing to verify purity and composition. No dilution, no synthetics, no additives — just the four scents used in the published protocol.
Eucalyptus radiata
Country of Origin: Australia
Lavandula x intermedia cv. Grosso
Country of Origin: France
Syzygium aromaticum
Country of Origin: Indonesia
Citrus x limon
Country of Origin: Argentina
Assembled at Advanced Rx, a licensed pharmacy in Fort Washington, PA. Licensed in 48 states across the continental U.S..
Our oils are sourced from suppliers who provide GC/MS testing to verify purity and composition.
The training protocol is based on published peer-reviewed research by Hummel et al. (2009) and subsequent studies.
Founded by Kyle Salata, PharmD and Jason Jerusik, PharmD — two licensed pharmacists.
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