Essential oils · Earthy family
Patchouli essential oil
Pogostemon cablin
Hoắc hương · Lamiaceae
Damp earth, must, a little sweetness at the bottom. It is slow from start to finish and has no opening to speak of.
This is the oil that splits people into two clear camps, and both are right, because there is nothing wrong with disliking a smell. What is remarkable is how few people find it unremarkable.
It clings to a smelling strip for days. And unlike most essential oils, patchouli smells better aged than freshly distilled, because time softens the harshness without taking away the earth.
- Plant part
- Leaves
- Vietnamese name
- Hoắc hương
- Scent family
- Earthy
- Plant family
- Lamiaceae
- Lots published
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Published lots
No lots yet. When the first lot arrives, its GC/MS analysis will be published here — unedited, with the lot number printed on the bottle label.
Buy Patchouli
This oil is in the catalogue but no lot has been brought in, so it is not on sale yet. Message us if you need it — what we stock next depends on what buyers ask for.
Elsewhere in the catalogue
No lot of this oil yet. The oils below are close to it botanically or in how they are extracted — some of them already have lots.
Same plant family: Lamiaceae Basil ct linalool · Basil ct methyl chavicol · Clove basil · Indian patchouli · Japanese mint · Oregano · Rosemary ct camphor · Spike lavender
Also from the leaves Green myrtle · Indian bay leaf · Indian patchouli · Kanuka · Kunzea · Lemon myrtle · Ponderosa pine · Sitka spruce
Same method: direct steam distillation Basil ct linalool · Basil ct methyl chavicol · Eucalyptus radiata · Indian patchouli · Larch / Tamarack · Opopanax · Vetiver · Zedoary (white turmeric)