Perfect Potion - Patchouli

The rich, earthy scent of patchouli is grounding, soothing, and especially valuable for 'dreamers' and people who tend to neglect or feel detached from their physical body. Patchouli may be used for dry skin.

A dark orange or brownish coloured viscous oil with an extremely rich, sweet, herbaceous, aromatic, spicy, woody, balsamic aroma. 

Botanical name

Pogostemom cablin

Origin

Indonesia

Method of extraction

Steam distillation

Major constituents

A typical chemical composition of Patchouli Essential Oil from Indonesia: b-patchoulene (2.9-3.8%), a-guaiene (13.1-15.2%), caryophyllene (3.3-3.9%),  a-patchoulene (5.1-5.9%), seychellene  (8.6-9.4%), a-bulnesene (14.7-16.8%), norpatchoulenol (0.5%).