# How long you keeping your oil after opening?

**URL:** https://community.oliveoilchat.com/t/how-long-you-keeping-your-oil-after-opening/244
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**Created:** [March 7, 2026, 7:26am UTC](https://community.oliveoilchat.com/t/how-long-you-keeping-your-oil-after-opening/244 "2026-03-07T07:26:00Z")
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### Author: ![plainjane](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex008/user_avatar/community.oliveoilchat.com/plainjane/32/16_2.png) [@plainjane](https://community.oliveoilchat.com/u/plainjane)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2026, 7:26am UTC](https://community.oliveoilchat.com/t/how-long-you-keeping-your-oil-after-opening/244/1 "2026-03-07T07:26:00Z")

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Been wondering about this after cleaning out my pantry yesterday.

Found a bottle I opened six months ago. Smelled like horrible. Had to toss it. They use to always say 3 months max after you open it then it starts going downhill. Made sense because air gets in and the oil breaks down. I see people with these big bottles and I know they’re not going through them that fast. Maybe it’s fine, maybe not. Just curious what everyone else does.

If you’ve had yours sitting around for a while, might be worth smelling it. Fresh EVOO should smell grassy and clean, not like nothing or like crayons. jane