With a Patchouli alcohol content of 33.19% and Patchoulene (alpha + beta) 6.64% this Patchouli dark essential oil from India is impressive, particularly considering its younger age. This Patchouli Premium Dark will age beautifully and already expresses an aroma that usually belongs to a much older vintage.
The superb aroma and quality of this Patchouli Premium Dark essential oil has aromatherapy benefits and uses to lift depression, ease anxiety, aid in problems with cellulite, water retention and cracked skin. This makes it a popular additive to soap, skin creams, acne and eczema remedies. Patchouli Dark essential oil is also reputed to be a good aphrodisiac as well as a grounding oil used in meditation and meditation blends. Besides its aphrodisiac value patchouli is also used in aromatherapy to diffuse in an oil diffuser, a few drops in bath water or blended into massage oil and creams.
Patchouli is one of a few essential oils that improves with age to become sweeter and more balsamic over time. Patchouli develops a darker color and becomes syrupy thick with age.
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Aromatherapy use: acne, antiseptic, aphrodisiac, curbing appetite, athlete’s foot, cellulite, dandruff, dermatitis, eczema, exhaustion, frigidity, fungal infection, oily hair care, hives, impetigo, insect repellent, chapped skin, oily skin, sores, stress, water retention, wrinkles, cracked and chapped skin, open pores, wounds, nervous exhaustion, stress
General use: Oil diffusers, potpourri, as a blending ingredient for adding pure essential oil essence to massage oil, perfume, bath oil, bath salt, bath and shower gels, spa treatment oils and creams, soap making, candle making
Contraindications: None known.