Vetiver Organic Essential Oil by Floracopeia 15 ml.

Floracopeia is delighted to offer such an incredible Vetiver oil. Of all of the essential oils, few capture the aromatic complexity of the earth's botanical bounty as completely as vetiver grass. Organically grown in Haiti, this oil is used for therapeutic, meditative and perfuming purposes. Its sweet, rooty, deeply relaxing aroma, which is reminiscent of woods and marshlands, is grounding, cooling and nourishing.

Used for regenerating damaged topsoils and for preventing erosion, vetiver is easily propogated. The rich, sensuous, earthy oil of vetiver is produced by harvesting and distilling the roots of the plant. Although it may be the world's most commonly used perfume fixative—meaning it is an effective base note that holds lighter top notes to the skin—vetiver is in itself an extremely healing oil to the body and the mind. Used in liniments and massage oils, vetiver oil promotes comfort and assists the joints. It is also valued as a component in cosmetic preparations for its natural affinity for the skin and its ability to enhance skin health and radiance. Through its strengthening, tonic, grounding and regenerating effects, it supports and stabilizes the nervous system, making it a good choice for soothing and comforting body and mind. Vetiver promotes emotional equilibrium, purifies the mind and enhances concentration. It also has a strong power of attraction and enhances sensual and romantic moods. Deeply calming, balancing and restorative, vetiver promotes rejuvenation on all levels and aids relaxation. Vetiver is an excellent choice to keep on your nightside table for promoting deep and revitalizing sleep.

As one of the most biochemically complex of all essential oils, vetiver contains at least 150 identified aromatic compounds, and many more unidentified. Because its chemical properties are a function of the soil it is grown in, each batch of vetiver oil will have fragrance variations that are unique and subtle.

• Massage or Perfume Oil: The deliciously rich, sensuous and earthy aroma of vetiver is one of nature’s most attractive perfumes. Being a very strong base note, vetiver can easily overtake other oils. For perfumery fixative purposes, when combining oils it is recommended to limit vetiver to 5% of the total essential oil content. This oil is also extremely tenacious; one drop of vetiver can linger on the skin for many days.

Though vetiver can be diffused, its syrupy, sticky consistency can cause clogging in some diffusers. Vetiver can, however, be premixed with thinner oils and then diffused. If you are using a nebulizing diffuser you will most likely not encounter any problems diffusing this amazing oil.

• Relaxing Body, Mind, and Spirit: Mix 3 drops vetiver oil, 6 drops roman chamomile oil and 6 drops bergamot oil to your favorite massage oil. Alternately, you may leave our the massage oil and add the mixture directly to your diffuser.
• Rest and Rejuvenation Blend: 8 drops vetiver oil, 8 drops clary sage oil and 8 drops lavender in 15 mL of jojoba or your favorite body oil.
• To sooth and support hot, red or dry skin, add a drop of vetiver oil to your favorite chemical-free, unscented face or body cream or oil.
• To reduce the heated effects of too much sun, add two drops of vetiver oil to tepid bath water and soak, or apply (diluted) onto skin for a cooling effect.

Non-toxic, non-irritant and non-sensitizing. Use with caution during pregnancy (small amounts, diluted). Do not take vetiver essential oil internally.

Floracopeia introduced our Haitian Vetiver in celebration of Earth Day. As the process of its creation provides income for thousands of farmers and their families, this oil not only provides its own therapeutic benefits but also many economic and ecological benefits.

• Perfumery Note: Base
• Odor: Earthy, musty, balsamic, root-like
• Strength of Initial Aroma: Strong
• Dry-out: Warm, spicy
• Blends Well With: Ylang-ylang, sandalwood, clary sage, patchouli, jatamansi, angelica and lavender

• Botanical Name: Vetiveria zizanioides
• Family: Poaceae
• Composition: 100% Pure Vetiver Essential Oil
• Origin: Haiti
• Method of Extraction: Steam Distillation
• Cultivation/Harvesting: Organic
• Plant Part: roots
• Color: light amber brown
• Consistency: highly viscous
• Yield: 0.3% - 2%
• Bottle Size: ½ fl oz (15 mL)

Vetiver oil is one of the most effective oils to use when excess wind, or the Vata dosha, are present. Being of the earth, this oil has calming, cooling, grounding and centering properties that work equally on the body and the mind. Due to its cool and watery nature derived from the moistened soil in which it grows, it is also excellent in working against excess heat, or Pitta dosha, in the body and mind.

Vetiver is perhaps the premier perfume fixative, and is said to be a component in 90% of all perfumes. Vetiver essential oil comes from grass roots that have been propagated by division. The best quality oil comes from roots that are 18 to 24 months old. These roots are freshly unearthed, cleaned, dried, soaked in water and distilled, which can take up to 24 hours. After the distillate separates into essential oil and hydrosol, the oil is skimmed off and allowed to age several months in order to mellow and deepen. Like sandalwood and patchouli, vetiver oil improves with age.

David Crow on Vetiver Oil: Through purification and regeneration, plants cure diseases of the earth's ecological terrain in the same way that they cure diseases of the body's inner terrain. Vetiver grass is one of the world's most important botanical solutions for a wide range of environmental problems. Its deep roots hold the topsoil and prevent its erosion by wind and water. These roots also capture the rain and percolate it into the soil, preventing runoff, recharging depleted groundwater, and bringing springs back to life. Like many other plants, vetiver has amazing metabolic powers that allow it to thrive in polluted environments and digest the endless stream of man-made poisons that we dump everywhere. Because the grass has a special appetite for pesticides and agricultural toxins, it is now used in over a hundred countries for phytoremediation purposes, helping to cleanse the environment in the same way that medicinal plants detoxify the organs of the body. Read the full article here.