Plant Therapy Patchouli Essential Oil 100% Pure, Undiluted, Natural Aromatherapy, Therapeutic Grade 10 mL (1/3 oz)

I originally chose this item because I wanted an essential oil to use for aromatherapy for grounding. I read that any earthy scent is good for grounding; I chose this product frankly because I am on a tight budget and this was the only "earthy" essential oil I could find on Amazon that was for under $10 and qualified for free shipping. So my Patchouli arrives and I open the bottle for a test smell. Yes, the very first thing you smell is the "earthy" scent. I put one drop on a cotton ball and inhaled. At first the scent was neither good nor bad, just interesting... yet leaving me wanting more. After the earthy scent came damp fall leaves (inhale deeply and you also smell bark), then something a bit like suede and something musky (in a good way) that I couldn't quite describe. It smelled similar to the Glade spray I recently bought called Cashmere Woods. HOWEVER, the Glade spray smells more like men's cologne; the Patchouli definitely smells more feminine - a soft, gentle, perfume-y, "magical" smell. I looked up cashmere and found a page for a perfume called Cashmere Mist. It is listed as smelling like musky, woody, powdery, amber, leather, vanilla. I would agree with the musky, woody, amber, and leather notes for this Patchouli. So I guess cashmere is the mystery scent I was smelling. This stuff is powerful; that one drop was all I needed. (Do not worry about the product pouring too fast out of the European-style dropper; when I turned over the open bottle, one drop came out only after I tapped the bottle a few times.) I eventually had to put the cotton ball away because the scent was so strong. This is where it gets good. The scent that lingered in the air afterward was just that "magical" part of the scent; not the earthy part. Honestly, if I had to name the lingering scent of Patchouli, I would call it Autumn Fairy. That is the image this scent gives me: feminine; a soft, warm glow; a wood of amber-colored fall foliage, and woodland creatures such as fawns, minks, and baby foxes. I was initially skeptical about how Patchouli would smell after reading reviews that said it reminded them of "hippies" and "the '60s". Well, I wasn't born in the '60s, so I wouldn't know what that smelled liked, but this doesn't make me think "hippies" at all. It's just fantastic. This will definitely help me with grounding, leaving behind a perfect fall fragrance.

Good product. Love the fragrance.

I love this brand PLANT THERAPY :-) ! It's a darker oil but it has 5 redeeming qualities: it's more fragrant (not over-powering), it blends well with my unscented lotions/oils to use as a body fragrance, worn as a scent it lasts longer than 2 others I'll mention below, and a little goes a long way in my diffuser, & I appreciate the price point. I will buy this again. It's still not the '1970s' Patchouli I so crave, but I haven't found any brand that smells like the good ole Patchoulis I remember. To compare, I have an organic, clear Patchouli from 'Healing Solutions' (purchased from Amazon). It is light scented oil (if you prefer that), doesn't last long on my body (as a fragrance), and I need a lot of drops for my diffuser before I smell it. I won't buy this brand again. Another comparison, is DoTerra (I don't think that brand is available on Amazon but Young Living is). For the same reasons I mentioned regarding Healing Solutions, DoTerra's Patchouli didn't sweep my off my feet. I mentioned DoTerra because it can be similar to Young Living which is sold on Amazon.

I live plant therapy oils they smell so good and last forever

At first I said "yuck", and compared it to rotting vegetables. But then I learned something. The stuff about patchouli improving with age is actually true. Of course, I had heard this, but I assumed 2 things: first, that it was a many months to years kind of thing, even if it was true, and second, that it was probably connoisseur subjective bs for the most part. I believe I was wrong on both counts. I hated this stuff at first. It did smell bad. Too earthy, too musky, and really, downright rotten. But I kept it around, just because I tend to do that. I smelled it a few weeks later, and it smelled better. I mixed it with other oils, and it wasn't bad. Then, after a while, I decided to try it again on its own. I put it in my diffuser by itself. Smelled to good to just be the patchouli, so I figured it was mixing with some other oils that had residual smell in there. But then I took to smelling it from the bottle. The stuff had actually changed! I mean, seriously, SIGNIFICANTLY changed. I let it set for another week and smelled again. Even better. After a couple of more weeks, it was very, very good. Now, I know some may ascribe this to me "acquiring" a taste for the smell. But I have to tell you, I did not expose myself to it enough for that to happen. I really hated it at first. It really did get a LOT better. And I can be specific about this. The stuff changed over a few weeks. From a heavy, earthy, yucky (to me) smell, and began to develop very surprisingly powerful lighter notes. (No, I'm not one of those bs'ers that normally talks about aromas in this way. For the record, all of my descriptions are just things I have no other way of describing more accurately.) The light notes became quite powerful, and had a distinctively citrus-like quality, but not exactly citrus, just very similar. Keep in mind, this is from smelling directly from the bottle, and/or, from smelling the oil directly from the bottle dropped onto my desk, my skin, etc. The smell had changed a lot. The musky, earthy aspect was still there, but now it had transformed from a dominant, smothering aroma, to a MUCH more subtle, background scent. In fact, it was now fairly pleasant in it's own right, and did remind me of the (neuvo-80s) hippies I knew in college. The musky smell now provided a very nice, sort of bass note, a "tethered-to-the-earth" sensuality to deeply accent the wonderful, bright, higher notes that had emerged above it. I am shocked to be revising this review. I HATED this stuff at first. I'll just say this: If you LOVE it at first, good for you. (You have a stronger and probably more sophisticated stomach/palate than I do.) But IF you hated it at first, KEEP IT! Or if you are debating about ordering it, ORDER IT. Just take a sniff and if you hate it at first, put it aside for a couple of months and try again. It really does change over time, and relatively quickly! It now smells VERY good to me. And as opposed to my prior version of this review, where I was totally committed to bashing it, I now say GO FOR IT! This stuff may be great at first for you, depending on your taste and, more importantly, on how old or fresh the oil you receive is. But if it smells nasty at first, keep it! This oil becomes extremely sophisticated and enjoyable in an almost ineffable way within a few weeks. It's very good stuff. I apologize to the provider for bashing. Had no idea the stuff would turn out this good. And in case anyone is wondering. (Which I really doubt.) I AM the guy whose original title said simply "Yuck", and compared it to rotting vegetables. This is that review, only revised now. Good stuff man. Highly recommended.

This is a high quality, concentrated grade. I base this on the strength of the scent compared to other vendors I have sampled. I am new to patchouli, so I will end the product content comparison there. However, there are other points in the overall purchase experience worth mention. As others reviewers have complained about non-full bottles from other vendors, I will say two things: (1) as someone who has worked in chem labs, a level above the shoulder is considered full volume for the size stamped on the glass bottle's bottom; (2) expect minor fill variation in production. I have ordered other Plant Essentials products and noticed normal fill variation, but always from full to over-full; never under-filled. Also, upon receipt of this particular bottle, the four little plastic connector strands between the lower rim of the screw cap and the black plastic collar were snapped. I noted that there was no oil showing on the tip or rebated rim of the internal dropper, so while it did not appear to be used, I assumed that the bottle had been opened. My assumption was incorrect. A most pleasant encounter with the manufacturer's Customer Service rep explained the how capping machine sometimes does this. They offered to replace the bottle, but I was satisfied with the explanation. I must say I was very impressed with my customer service interaction; that will certainly draw my repeat business with this merchant.

Irritates the skin. Smells nice

I just received this like 20 min ago and am writing the review because I’m already loving it. I make bath and body products and needed to add an earthy note to one of my fragrances. This patchouli certainly delivered. It smells like earth with an almost sweet, pleasant quality. It smells a little like candied dirt...I know that sounds strange and terrible, but it works. I have never smelled patchouli before so I can’t compare it to other oils. Applied to the skin, it’s strong initially but mellows out and adds a wonderful base note that complements the other notes. If you don’t like earthy scents, this is not for you. It’s not herbaceous/camphorous and doesn’t smell like trees or earth in that way. It smells like the roots of a fragrant plant.