Vetiver Essential Oil
Chrysopogon zizanioides
Vetiver is steam distilled from the rootlets of a grassy plant, and ours comes from India and Indonesia, both organically grown and wildcrafted. Vetiveria zizanoides has a deep, rooty, earthy aroma that sits right at the base of a blend.
The chemistry is unusual: sesquiterpenols make up close to 38% of the oil on average, led by khusimol (typically 4-15% in our batches). You'll also see sesquiterpenes like β-vetivenene around 5-9%, and a little α-vetivone, generally 1-4%. This is heavy, grounding chemistry. Vetiver has earned the nickname "Oil of Tranquility" for good reason. It's calming and comfortably cooling, a favorite for stress-soothing blends and for supporting emotional balance and the skin's own repair processes.
Every batch we bring in is independently GC-MS tested, and each batch's full report lives on this page for you to read.
Batch History & Chemistry
| Batch | Distilled | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| VET-116 | 04/15/2026 | India |
| VET-115 | 06/17/2023 | India |
| VET-114 | 02/16/2022 | India |
| VET-113 | 09/15/2021 | India |
| VET-112 | 08/15/2019 | India |
- Distillation date
- 04/15/2026
- Extraction
- Steam Distilled
- Cultivation
- Organically Grown
- Country of origin
- India
Top 5 components
of 105 measured
This batch of Vetiver comes from organically grown roots in India, steam distilled in April 2026. Vetiver's aroma is deep and earthy, smoky and sweet at once, the kind of grounding base note that settles a blend and lingers for hours on the skin. GC-MS analysis of batch VET-116 identified 105 individual components. Khusimol leads at 8.27%, followed by alpha-Costol at 5.27% and alpha-cadinol at 5.02%. Sesquiterpenols make up nearly 27% of the profile, a family associated with gentle, skin-friendly character, while sesquiterpenes contribute another 15.6% and lend Vetiver its heavy, tenacious depth and grounding quality. Chrysopogon zizanioides is often stretched or rebuilt, so we test every lot. This exact batch was independently GC-MS analyzed, and the full report and certificate of analysis are available to download here.
Chemistry highlights
VET-116 is a textbook example of how diffuse a vetiver profile can be: 105 components, and the largest single peak is khusimol at just 8.27%, below the 10.13% mean across our other *Chrysopogon zizanioides* batches though well inside the 3.75-15.23% spread we have seen. Alcohols carry the weight, with sesquiterpenols totaling 26.92% against 15.64% sesquiterpenes. Vetiselinenol at 2.97% sits near the top of our 0.17-3.31% range. The vetivone pair is both present and intact, α at 2.53% and β at 1.12%, alongside khusimone (0.87%) and zizanal (0.85%). Down at the floor, guaiacol (0.01%), 4-vinylguaiacol (0.02%) and furfural (0.02%) are the kind of traces that contribute smoky edge far out of proportion to their numbers.
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