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HAITIAN VETIVER - A delicious organic pure essential oil, rich in topnotes
HAITIAN VETIVER - A delicious organic pure essential oil, rich in topnotes
Native to India, Vetiver is a major ingredient of perfumery, both traditional, and contemporary, and is nowadays grown in many parts of the world.
Regional profiles tend to very a lot, with f. ex. Haitian vetiver being cleaner and more ethereal, Indian vetivers particularly green and bitter and Javanese oils is smoky and dusty.
If we have to generalize the scent, it is earthy, woody, green. It can be cold and warm it can have leathery, smoky, and balsamic notes (and many other nuances)
In perfumery it often found in oriental blends and also often used to give a perfume a woody note (even if it is technically a bunchgrass). In India it is worn on its own in the hot days, and is also an ingredient of many traditional attars. It is also used in Ayurvedic cosmetics.
Vetiver has been used in traditional medicine in South Asia (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka), Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand), and West Africa. Old Tamil literature mentions the use of vetiver for medical purposes. The plant is also sometimes used to protect crops and repel aggressors and parasites. The dried herb is also burnt as incense.
Vetiver is also an important oil of aromatherapy, which attributes to the oil different physiological benefits, and many energetical properties: grounding, good to alleviate the feeling of loneliness, likewise with instability, insecurity, fear of lacking, homesickness, etc excellent oil for focus, concentration, to nurture roots.
It is one of the classical oils to work with on the root / first chakra (Mūlādhāra). It is also an excellent oil for meditation
This oil
Careful low pressure steam distillation of organic Haitian vetiver, distilled 2020 and beautifully cured. 100% pure and natural.
The robe is deep transparent amber, the profile is classical Haitian, richer in top notes, lighter in general (than for example our Vintage Assamese Vetiver Oil); it is also comparatively warmer and sweeter. As it evolves, a sweetly smoked leathers installs itself beautifully. The projection is strong, the longevity too.
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Care information
Care information
For optimal longevity:
Keep away from (sun)light, heat, oxidation and external materials in the bottle : they degrade your aromatics.
Keep in the dark at room temperature, ideally below 25 Degrees Celsius
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