Patchouli Oil Description

Patchouli is noted for its long-lasting fragrance and fixative ability in oil blends. Oil of Patchouli is thick, the colour being brownish-yellow tinted green. It contains coerulein, the vivid blue compound found in matricaria, wormwood and other oils.¹ Patchouli is used as an essential oil, or the aromatic leaves can be infused to create a less pungent herb infused oil. The oil's use in aromatherapy is as a fixative, healing of dry and itching skin, control appetite, and to relieve depression. Personal reactions to this oil are split, people either love the scent or detest it. The aroma is very intense; it can be described as earthy, rich, sweet, balsamic, woody and spicy, exotic and heady, patchouli modifies and deepens flora and citrus scents. Patchouli oil is one of the few essential oils that improve with age.

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The patchouli plant is a bushy herb reaching two or three feet in height. The plant grows well in southern climates. It enjoys hot weather but not direct sunlight. The pungent leaves can infused with vegetable oils like olive to create body oils that heal the skin and repel insects. Patchouli gained a certain reputation in the 60'sas the preferred scent for Deadheads because it's pungent scent was thought to mask the smell of cannabis.