A home essential oil inventory helps distinguish bottles and locate their documents. Start with an ordinary spreadsheet or note. The fields below do not assume that eoASSIST has a personal collection feature.
Use one row per physical bottle
Two identical names can conceal different batches and opening dates. Give each bottle a short identifier such as INV-001. This is your inventory label, not the manufacturer's batch code or a quality confirmation.
Copy information from packaging and documents. Mark unknowns as "not stated" or "opening date not recorded". An empty date should not quietly become today's date.
The eoASSIST oil reference
Search for oils by name and open their reference entries.
Fields you can copy
| Field | Record |
|---|---|
| Your ID | A unique short identifier for the physical bottle |
| Product | Name, manufacturer and botanical identity |
| Ingredients and volume | Oil, blend or carrier-based product and labelled mL |
| Batch | The exact code, including letters |
| Dates | Purchase, opening and manufacturer dates separately |
| Documents | Label photo, links and file revisions |
| Storage | Location and product-specific requirements |
| Status | Available, finished or awaiting clarification |
An invented example
"INV-001, Lavender, manufacturer on label photo, 10 mL, batch copied from bottle, opening date not recorded, document not yet found." This teaching row shows how to preserve a gap instead of inventing a fact.
You can describe the remaining amount approximately if it has not been measured. Do not present a visual estimate as millilitres or calculate suitability from a universal number of months after opening.
Maintain the record at the event
Add a row when receiving a bottle, record opening immediately and change its status when finished. Keep the link and date when a document changes. Give a different carrier-based formulation its own row.
Use the reference for names. Obtain storage rules from the manufacturer and consult the storage guide. For documents, see COA, SDS and GC/MS.
The eoASSIST oil reference
Search for oils by name and open their reference entries.