Young Living Essential Oils

Young Living Essential Oils is based in Lehi, Utah, United States. Young Living Essential Oils is a multi-level marketing company that sells more than 400 products, including essential oils and essential oil-infused nutritional supplements. Young Living Essential Oils is privately owned & operated with regional offices located in Australia, Europe, Mexico, UK, Sweden, and Japan.
Company history
Gary Young started Young Living Essential Oils in 1989, in Spokane, Washington, initially producing and selling lavender essential oil. The company has grown into a multimillion dollar business selling a variety of largely essential oil-based health-related products. Young Living moved from its original headquarters in Payson, Utah, to Lehi, Utah, in 2003 and maintains a warehouse and shipping facility in Spanish Fork, Utah. The company has announced plans to move its headquarters to Spanish Fork, Utah.
Young Living Farms
Young Living owns four farms in Mona, Utah, St. Maries, Idaho, Simiane-la-Rotonde, France, and Guayaquil, Ecuador, with total acreage of more than . Young Living directly grows and distills many of the essential oils it sells. The company also reports that it has exclusive partnerships with essential oil producers who must grow their crops on organic farm lands and meet Young Living’s standards. Each summer, Young Living hosts Lavender Harvest at its farm in Mona, Utah, US, to celebrate the lavender harvest. Thousands attend the annual event, which focuses on introducing families to lavender and other essential oils through exhibits and hands-on interaction.
Products
Young Living's product line includes essential oils, aromatherapy, nutritional supplements, personal care products, skin care products, hair care products, bath & shower products, cooking products, dental hygiene products, kids products, diffusers, multivitamins, probiotics, a household cleaner, and an antioxidant goji wolfberry juice called Ningxia Red.
Thieves Oil
Thieves Oil is a proprietary blend of essential oils marketed by the company. It contains clove, lemon, cinnamon, eucalyptus, and rosemary essential oils and is claimed to have antimicrobial properties. The trademark draws upon the legend of four thieves during the Bubonic Plague who supposedly stole from the dead without getting sick themselves. When caught they revealed that they rubbed themselves with a concoction of garlic, herbs and spices. The recipe became known as Four Thieves Vinegar and has a colorful history.
Controversy
The website Quackwatch has asserted negative claims to Gary Young and Young Living. Young Living has created a rebuttal in response.

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