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Patchouli Oil

Pogostemon cablin
Essential Oil Balsamic Earthy / Rooty Herbaceous Readily Available

Extremely rich, sweet-herbaceous, aromatic-spicy and woody-balsamic odor. An almost wine-like, ethereal-floral sweetness in the initial notes is characteristic of good oils. The od…

Vetiver Oil

Vetiveria zizanoides
Essential Oil Earthy / Rooty Sweet Woody Readily Available

sweet and very heavy woody-earthy, reminiscent of roots and wet soil, with a rich undertone of "precious wood" notes. Oils distilled from too young rootlets and very freshly distil…

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