Vetiver 100% Pure Essential Oil
Vetiver Essential Oil
Botanical Name: Vetiveria zizanoides
Common Method of Extraction: Solvent Extraction
Colour: Golden/Dark Brown
Consistency: Thick
Perfumery Note: Base
Strength of Initial Aroma: Strong
Aromatic Description: Woody, earthy, herbaceous, spicy almost
smoky.
Possible Uses: Acne, arthritis, cuts, depression, exhaustion, insomnia, muscular
aches, oily skin, rheumatism, sores, stress. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated
Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: Element Books, 1995), 56-67.]
Constituents: Benzoic acid, vetiverol, furfurol, a-vetivone, B-vetivone,
vetivene, vetivenyl vetivenate. [E. Guenther, The Essential Oils Vol. 4 (New
York: Van Nostrand Company INC, 1990), 178-181.
Safety Information: Essential Oil Safety by Robert Tisserand does not indicate any
special precautions when using this oil. [Robert Tisserand, Essential Oil
Safety (United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone, 1995), 211.]