- 100% pure Patchouli essential oil.
- Botanical Name: Pogostemon cablin
- Common Method of Extraction: Steam Distilled
- Part Typically Used: Leaves
- Color: Deep Golden Brown
- Consistency: Medium – Thick
- Perfumery Note: Base
- Strength of Initial Aroma: Medium
- Aromatic Description: Rich, earthy, woody aroma with a nearly hidden fruity note.
- Patchouli Oil Uses: Acne, athlete’s foot, chapped skin, dermatitis, eczema, fatigue, frigidity, hair care, insect repellant, mature skin, oily skin, stress. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: 1995), 56-67.]
- Major Constituents of Indonesian Patchouli Oil: Patchouli alcohol a-Bulnesene a-Guaiene Seychellen Gamma-Patchoulene a-Patchoulene
Safety Information:Tisserand and Young indicate that Patchouli Oil may inhibit blood clotting and pose a drug interaction hazard. Reading Tisserand and Young’s full profile is recommended. [Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young, Essential Oil Safety (Second Edition. United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2014), 382.]