Geranium Essential Oil

Batch GRN-124 was steam distilled in April 2026 from organically grown Pelargonium graveolens var. roseum, grown high in the Himalayan foothills of India and distilled from the fresh leafy material. This is true rose geranium, the rose-scented variety. In the mountains it can be harvested only once a year, and frost makes every season hard-won, but the altitude is what gives the oil its character: softer, sweeter and more rosy than lowland geranium, with more depth. The aroma of this batch is classic rose geranium: soft and green, faintly minty at the edges, with a sweet floral center that lingers. GC-MS analysis of this batch identified 113 components, led by citronellol at 30.78% and geraniol at 17.12%, with citronellyl formate at 8.08%. Monoterpenols make up 53.14% of the profile, a family associated with gentle, skin-friendly character, while esters at 14.9% lend the calming, softly sweet quality geranium is known for. The lab found no adulterants, diluents or contaminants, and confirmed the oil meets the expected profile for genuine high altitude geranium from India. If you read the full report, you will see one tiny component, dihydrocitronellol at 0.07%, listed under the family "Synthetic". That word is a quirk of the lab's software, which attaches one fixed family name to each compound and cannot change it for a particular sample. Dihydrocitronellol occurs naturally in geranium, and in an amount this small, in an oil that shows no other sign of anything added, our chemist reads it as natural and expected. This exact batch was independently GC-MS tested, and the full report and certificate of analysis are available to download here so you can see the chemistry behind what you are using.