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My Objective Review Of Plant Guru

Plant Guru

8.4

Product Quality

8.0/10

Price range

9.0/10

Range of products 

9.0/10

Customer Service

8.0/10

Website 

8.0/10

Pros

  • Organic essential oils available

Cons

  • No international shipping

 My Objective Review Of Plant Guru Essential Oil Benefits

You’ve probably noticed this already, but in case you haven’t, suffice to say that there’s a major movement taking place in the world of essential oils.

Perhaps now more than ever, essential oils are garnering major attention from consumers who are endeavoring to live a healthier lifestyle. For the uninitiated among us, essential oils are highly concentrated plant-derived oils that have been shown to have significant health and therapeutic benefits.

People use these intriguing natural substances for everything from healing skin disorders to alleviating stress to fighting off sinus infections, and for those who have adopted a more natural or holistic lifestyle, essential oils represent a return to organic, chemical-free living.

One of the primary drivers of this trend has been the proliferation of essential oil companies in recent years, many of which have become full-fledged behemoths in the realm of essential oil retailing and distribution.

While there’s nothing wrong with having large companies involved in this somewhat grass-roots arena of health and wellness products, many people prefer to do business with smaller companies that have more of a family feel. This is where a company like Plant Guru comes to the fore.

Plant Guru Company History

Headquartered in Plainfield, New Jersey, Plant Guru primarily operates as an e-commerce retailer of essential oils. They do not market their products in any brick-and-mortar stores, nor do they have any physical flagship store of their own.

According to the company bio on their website, Plant Guru is a family-run business, but no founders’ names are given in the bio. They state that they are a family of essential oils enthusiasts, and that their business was born out of two main things: The passion they have for using essential oils, and their frustration with the high prices charged by Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) companies for essential oils.

This is one of the things that stood out to me from the beginning about Plant Guru – they do not have a Multi-Level Marketing arm of their business by which to sell or distribute their products. While I don’t have anything against MLM companies, I do understand customers’ frustration in terms of the highly inflated prices they pay when buying essential oils through such a retailer.

Since product sales are essential to the compensation plan of MLM companies, they often place a premium on those products in order to give everyone their “cut” of the retail profit. I understand this to some degree, because you have to provide some type of incentive to your distributors if you want them to continue marketing your products.

The problem is that the higher prices can sometimes be a formidable barrier to entry for people who want to start using essential oils, but might not have the disposable income to commit to those higher prices. I think that’s the angle that Plant Guru is coming from here – they wanted to create a business in which they could market essential oils directly to consumers via the Internet, and cut out the middleman.

Plat Guru Product Quality

Being a smaller outfit, Plant Guru does not grow or process their essential oils in-house; instead, they work with suppliers from all around the world in order to source the highest quality essential oils for their product line.

In addition, their website states that they work with one of the most well-known essential oil experts in the business (although the name of the individual is not mentioned). Each batch they bring in-house is tested by a third-party laboratory that utilizes GC/MS (Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry) testing, both of which are designed to detect contaminants, adulterants or other impurities in the essential oils.

The essential oils they sell are said to be 100% pure (with no additives or diluting agents), and they are extracted from the plant material using the common methods of steam distillation, cold pressing, solvent extraction, and CO2 extraction. In addition, Plant Guru notes that their essential oils are natural therapeutic grade and that they don’t have any carriers, synthetic bases or chemicals added into their composition.

Plant Guru Price Range

Now this is where the rubber meets the road for Plant Guru, because price was one of their main stated reasons why they entered into the essential oils business to begin with. As mentioned on their website, they were concerned about the prices of 15ml bottles of essential oils getting too far out of hand with some of the MLM companies out there.

In response to this, Plant Guru decided to reduce the quantity sizes of their bottles from 15ml to 10ml, which automatically lowers the price per unit for customers. While this doesn’t do much to actually lower the price on an ounce-for-ounce basis, it does help in terms of making the oils slightly more affordable for people who want to start using them, but might not be able to afford the up-front cost of a 15ml bottle.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve had times in my life where I needed to buy a certain products, but I didn’t have much disposable income on hand to do so (ahem, college days). During those times, I was so glad that I could go to a local drugstore and get a travel-sized bottle of a particular product, just to get me by until I could afford some more.

I believe that this is pretty much the same principle at work with Plant Guru’s products – they’re offering slightly smaller-sized bottles for a cheaper price, so that you can go ahead and get access to the oils you need without having to hurdle a large price point.

As far as actual dollars and cents goes, the prices for their 10ml bottles of essential oils range from $5.99 on the low end to $59.99 on the high end, based on a scan of the 103 total 10ml products (essential oils and essential oil blends) that I saw on their website.

As I’ve mentioned before, these prices will vary based on the type of plant that you’re getting the oil from, as it is far more difficult to extract essential oils from some plants versus others. This keeps the prices quite accessible for most people, but it should be noted that Plant Guru offers larger-sized 30ml bottles for those who are ready to commit more up-front money for a longer-lasting bottle.

Plant Guru Range Of Products

For a smaller company, Plant Guru offers an impressive selection of essential oils, and they also offer other natural or organic products, including carrier oils, waxes, butters, incense, and their intriguing African Black Soap.

Now to be honest with you, I had never heard of African Black Soap until a few years ago and I can tell you that it is a great product (not specifically their one as I have not tried it). It is supposedly designed to address all kinds of skin conditions including psoriasis, eczema and other skin irritations. Plant Guru also offers various gift sets that feature bundles of essential oils, carrier oils and incense sticks.

Company Website

There are few things in life that I appreciate more than a well-designed website, and this is where I have a little bit of a bone to pick with Plant Guru. While the website itself is clean, good-looking and easy to navigate, I don’t think there’s enough information about the company itself to really put Plant Guru in its best possible light.

For example, while they do mention that they’re a family-run business, you don’t have the opportunity to find out who those people are. Also, there’s really no mention of when the company got started, or any kind of timeline as to the history and development of the company. To me, this counts against them, because it makes the company seem a little generic.

The “Contact Us” page has their email and phone number listed, the company address and you can send them a message as well.

Customer Service

As I mentioned in the previous section, all of the requisite customer service contact options (e.g., phone, email and contact form) are present on the website.

They also have an FAQ page on all of their products which is very inviting. This might be a “nit-picky” thing to some people, but these types of details stand out to me.

Summary

In summary, I believe that Plant Guru has carved out a nice spot within the essential oils space, and they’re operating at a level that appears to be sustainable for their size.

Their products are on par with any other essential oil retailer you can name, and they seem to have a focused approach to their business model, which is to deliver high quality essential oils to customers for lower prices than their competitors.

In this respect, I would definitely say that they’re a company worth watching for future growth.

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Clem

Wednesday 23rd of January 2019

I purchased 2 different EO's from Plant Guru. After purchase, I asked about getting a copy of their GC/MS report they talk about, to verify validity. Their reply in my inquiry was: 'Hello, Our neroli essential oil is from Egypt and the Carrot Seed comes from India. Also, we do not release our GC/MS tests to the public and do not have a page for it on our website.' That was the entire response, no name of who sent it. I was foolish to order such an expensive oil and not get satisfaction as to its purity before hand. Lesson learned. I would not recommend them to others due to this response. I will not be using them in the future.

Olivia

Wednesday 23rd of January 2019

Hi Clem,

Thanks for sharing, very bad customer service.

Regards, Olivia

Linda in New Jersey

Sunday 23rd of September 2018

Plant Guru's essential oils seem the best prices. I am guarded about purchasing EOs for internal use for fear of additives, but theirs do seem to be pure, as they say. Glad to read Olivia's assessment which makes me feel more secure continuing to use Plant Guru through amazon.com A kind, selfless DoTerra educator suggested marjoram, myrrh, and helichrysum italicum for my geriatric Sheltie. I have been using them for a year now with good results. When I experimented and discontinued use for two weeks, I noticed deterioration with more signs of oldage dementia, and arthritic pain and limping. These oils have helped her with her pain and stiffness (tho she still walks baby steps going on 17 years old in October 2018). She is mentally more alert and focused, brighter and more interactive with the oils. The prices are definitely better than other similar calibre EOs, which I assume is due to the multilevel marketing commissions Olivia mentions. I'm giving 4 stars as I'm always conservative so nobody really gets 5!

Olivia

Monday 24th of September 2018

Hi Linda,

Thanks a lot for sharing, much appreciated. I'm glad you like the review.

Regards, Olivia

Dianne

Tuesday 26th of June 2018

I totally disagree with this review. Planet Guru has yet to response to two emails and two phone calls I have made asking them to describe their return-customer satisfaction policy. I have asked to return a essential oil that has been unopened because I changed my mind. they have ignored both my emails and my phone calls entirely. I have told them I intend to report them to the Better Business Company of their state. I will NEVER order from this unprofessional company again. Customer service is important, and theirs is not responsive. So what else am I to do with the product when no one will respond to my questions??

Olivia

Tuesday 26th of June 2018

Hi Dianne,

Thanks for reaching out and letting us know your experience with Plant Guru. It is indeed very sad and disappointing that some companies lack professional customer service.

Regards, Olivia

Olivia

Wednesday 21st of February 2018

Comment from PS:

You mentioned that Plant Guru had third party GC-MS testing done. Do you know anywhere I can go to see the exact results for this & other companies? Appreciate your time.

Olivia's Response:

You can refer to the link below as well as click "test reports" under each essential oil to see the test results.

https://www.planttherapy.com/blog/2017/09/12/gcms-testing-and-why-it-is-important

You could do the same for the other companies you are interested in researching.

Regards, Olivia

Olivia

Thursday 22nd of February 2018

Question from PS:

Ok, you sent me a link for plant therapy, which was helpful in learning about that company. But I asked about Plant Guru. I went to their website, but couldn't find the same info. Can you help with Plant Guru?

Olivia's Response:

please refer link below for Plant Guru

https://www.theplantguru.com/page/learning-center/quality-control/

Olivia

Saturday 9th of September 2017

Comment from DP:

I read your write up on Plant Guru and I wanted to add a comment that the customer service is very good. Every time I order they email me to offer me a discount on my next order and thank me for my order. I find that to be a very nice touch. Also I did read on their website that the ingredients are organic. I saw you respond to a question on that.

Response from Olivia:

Thanks for sharing. Sure, upon looking up again, I still have not seen the organic certification on any of their essential oils. This is similar to the L'orpur pain relief blend - the ingredients are organic however given I have not sought organic certification, I cannot claim it is an organic product. I can however, make such claim about 4 of the essential oils in my organic kit which have been USDA certified as organic.