Aloe Vera Gel - That Would Come In A Bottle - Can Someone Describe What It 'should' Be Like Please?

[joko]

ive bought some aloe vera gel online, (it says 100% natural on it) and its arrived but the label is 'home' printed, and frankly the gel looks and feels like basic lube!
it has no smell or colour whatsoever.

i thought it should have some slight smell when fresh, sort of sweet, everything else i own that has ever contained aloe vera has a smell - it may have been added of course but its usually the same overall smell

i want this gel for a burn and to minimise scarring - so obviously i cant just use it and hope for the best - i need to make sure its the real thing and working - short of buying an actual plant!
i may end up doing that - but for now i want to know if this is real, or some chancer blagging people!

thanks :)

[AuntPollyGrey]

I have an Aloe Vera plant and use the leaves for medicinal purposes. When you cut open the leaf the gel has a very slight green tinge and put between the fingers the gel is a big stringy. It has no particular smell, but does not have the consistency of say KY jelly.

[TonyV]

I would just buy aloe vera from a genuine high street retailer you can do that online. Fortunately I have a plant and cream.

[Buenchico]

Looking at the website of a reliable source (Holland & Barrett) finds Aloe Vera gel described as "non-greasy and odourless". So the absence of odour from the product you've purchased shouldn't be a cause for concern.
https://www.hollandandbarrett.com/shop/product/aloe-pura-aloe-vera-gel-60070392

[joko]

thanks all,
i literally ordered some more from holland and barrett immediately after i posted this!
i didnt want to risk it, no matter what answers i got here.

i guess i just expected it to perhaps be slightly green tinged, have an aroma, and maybe even some evidence of 'matter' in it - evidence of it being a plants juices - this is totally glass clear.
but gel is gel i suppose.
ill use it for tonight.

[Prudie]

Like APG I use the real thing from a plant on my kitchen windowsill. If you split the leaf the juice is a bit sticky in consistency (not unlike eggwhite), completely clear and odourless. I find it excellent for moisturising the face and reducing puffy eyes :-)
To be fair I wouldn't use a home produced bottle from the internet either.

[AuntPollyGrey]

joko I would throw it away. You have no idea what's in it and it sounds like you are putting it on raw skin.