Why do essential oil perfume recipes use distilled water instead of regular tap water?

Distilled water has all impurities removed whereas tap water has minerals, chlorine, etc that can affect the quality and consistency of your essential oil perfumes.





You can buy a gallon of distilled water from the supermarket for about $1.00.Why do essential oil perfume recipes use distilled water instead of regular tap water?
Yep! Distilled water is the most ';pure'; form of water there is, for the most part. Want to see how dirty tap water is? Put a small amount into a sauce pan and boil it until all the water evaporates. Look at what's left in the bottom of the sauce pan. It's yucky! Report Abuse
Why do essential oil perfume recipes use distilled water instead of regular tap water?
The amount of this gunk is proportional to the amount of water in the pan, directly. Report Abuse

tap water is fine to drink. Don't let THAT concern you. The concentrations of this gunk are so low that you MAY want to boil away a LOT more water so that you CAN see the gunk that's suspended in the water. Report Abuse

are you serious? Report Abuse

Yup, where I live they cost $0.68/each





This is why you shouldn't drink tap water...