Copaiba Balsam Oleoresin

Copaifera officinalis

Copaiba balsam oleoresin comes from tropical evergreen trees in the rainforests of Brazil, where the resin is tapped in a wildcrafted, environmentally sustainable way. It pours like a dense essential oil, thick and slow, with a delicate, lightly earthy aroma.

The chemistry is almost entirely sesquiterpenes, right around 90% of the oil on average. β-caryophyllene leads by a wide margin, typically 39-66% in our batches, followed by germacrene D (about 4-13%) and α-caryophyllene (about 5-10%). That heavy, low-volatility profile is part of why Copaifera officinalis smells so quiet and grounded. Its gentle presence helps settle the mind, and it offers steady support through the cold seasons. A lovely choice if you lean toward subtle aromas.

Every batch we bring in is independently GC-MS tested, and each batch's full report lives on this page for you to read.

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Batch History & Chemistry

Batch	Distilled	Origin
COP-111	10/17/2025	Brazil
COP-110	10/04/2022	Brazil
COP-109	07/27/2020	Brazil
COP-108	09/01/2019	Brazil
COP-107	02/15/2018	Brazil

Batch COP-111

Print Report Original GC-MS Report Certificate of Analysis

Distillation date: 10/17/2025
Extraction: Tapped
Cultivation: Wildcrafted
Country of origin: Brazil

Top 5 components

of 49 measured

ComponentFamily%

β-caryophylleneSesquiterpene41.70%

(E)-α-bergamoteneSesquiterpene8.46%

germacrene DSesquiterpene7.55%

α-caryophylleneSesquiterpene6.97%

α-copaeneSesquiterpene5.70%

Batch COP-111 comes from wildcrafted Copaifera officinalis trees in Brazil, where the oleoresin is tapped directly from the living trunk rather than pressed or extracted from harvested material. This tapping took place in October 2025. The result is a thick, soft balsam with the warm, woody, faintly peppery aroma that makes copaiba such a grounding presence in a blend. Sesquiterpenes are the family associated with soothing, settling, deeply grounding qualities, which is why copaiba works so well as a base note and as a calming support in skin-care and massage formulations. This exact batch was independently GC-MS tested. The full report and certificate of analysis are available to download, so you can see the chemistry behind what you are using.

Chemistry highlights

COP-111 is about as sesquiterpene-dominated as a profile gets: 90.57% of the identified material sits in that one family, spread across 49 components. β-Caryophyllene leads at 41.7%, toward the low end of the 38.56-65.7% we have seen across our other Copaifera officinalis batches, and its rearranged partner α-caryophyllene (humulene) tracks at 6.97%, close to the 7.25% batch mean. That lower β-caryophyllene share leaves room for the supporting cast, and (E)-α-bergamotene shows it at 8.46%, near the top of our 2.22-8.6% range. The cadinane and bisabolane isomer sets are worth a scroll: δ-, γ- and β-cadinene alongside β-, (Z)-α- and (E)-α-bisabolene. Oxygenated material is minimal, with sesquiterpenols at 3.29% and caryophyllene oxide only 0.24%, which reads as a fresh, minimally oxidized tapped oleoresin.

Sesquiterpene

β-caryophyllene41.70%

(E)-α-bergamotene8.46%

germacrene D7.55%

α-caryophyllene6.97%

α-copaene5.70%

β-bisabolene3.44%

δ-cadinene2.92%

β-elemene2.19%

γ-muurolene1.99%

α-amorphene1.36%

δ-elemene0.96%