Patchouli Essential Oil Profile
Botanical: Pogostemon cablin |
Origin: East Indies |
Method: Steam Distilled
Characteristics:
An amber or dark orange viscous liquid with a sweet, rich, herbaceous-earthy odor that improves with age. It blends well with labdanum, vetiver, sandalwood, cedarwood, oakmoss, geranium, clove bud, lavender, rose, neroli, bergamot, cinnamon bark, myrrh, opopanax, clary sage, and oriental-type bases.
Principal Constituents:
These are naturally occurring in the essential oil.
- patchouli alcohol
- pogostol
- bulnesol
- nor patchoulenol
- bulnese
- patchoulene
Safety:
Non-toxic, non-irritant, non-sensitizing. Internally toxic.
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