Magnetic Base The Taste of Life Gourmet Spice Hand Crafted Non GMO Project Verified Quality Above All Many things are excellent fresh: cut grass, sliced strawberries, your Christmas tree. Oregano, like many herbs, is not one of them. Its essential oils and flavonoids - the things that make oregano delicious - are actually concentrated and their potency increased when carefully dried. What that means is two things: 1) you can use less and get more, and; 2) what you do use is pure, concentrated, flavor.