Shelf Life for opened Fragrance Oils

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donna75126

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Can Fragrance Oils be kept in the fridge? If I do not use up all the Christmas ones that I have I was wondering if they would keep for a year in the fridge.

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Donna
 
I have some that I have had for a couple of years and they are still fine. I don't refrigerate them, I just keep them in a cool area of the house in dark glass bottles.
 
I have some that I've had for years. I just found some fo's from Tony's Fragrance oils and they haven't been Tony's in like 5 years LOL But the fo still smells as true and wonderful as the day I first got it.

According to Brambleberry, here's what they said about the shelf life of their oils, "We recommend using our fragrances oils with in a year of purchase. However, they will not go bad in the sense that they will grow mold or go rancid (since they are not diluted in any other oils). After a year, the scent may start to change, losing its top notes first. If the scent does start to change years down the road it's still 100% safe to use."

Really, that should be the normal response from any good fo supplier.

I keep all my fo's in amber colored glass bottles in a dark cool area, like soapcakes. I heard somewhere from a supplier, can't remember which one at the moment, not to refrigerate fo's or eo's because extreme temperature changes can break down the oils easier. I don't know if that's true or not though.
 

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