Vetiver Oily

Grounded in Nature

Vetiver essential oil is a rich, rooty base note distilled from vetiver grass roots.

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⚗ Small-batch distillation
🌳 Vetiveria zizanioides from Haiti
📄 Lab-verified purity (COA)
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Ways to Use Vetiver

Diffusing & Blends

Its deep, smoky-sweet weight rounds out floral and citrus blends, giving evening diffuser recipes a grounded, lingering base note.

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Soap & Candle Craft

A few drops anchor cold-process soap batches and candle pours, letting brighter top notes hold their scent for hours.

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Natural Perfumery

Formulators reach for this root oil as a fixative, slowing evaporation so lighter perfume accords stay true longer.

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Bulk & Wholesale

Soap houses and candle studios can move past single bottles into 5 lb, 25 lb, and 400 lb sizes.

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Sized for Sampling and Supply

Vetiver Essential Oil 0.5 oz 0.5 oz Bottle
0.5 oz
$18.99

A pocket-sized pour for testing how vetiver settles into a diffuser blend or perfume accord before you commit.

 Vetiver Essential Oil 16 oz 16 oz Bottle
16 oz
$339.99

Enough for a real test batch of soap, candles, or a small perfumery run without guessing at ratios.

 Vetiver Essential Oil 5 lbs 5 lb Case
5 lbs
$1431.99

The first production size, with a lower per-ounce cost once vetiver becomes a regular line in your formulas.
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About Vetiver Essential Oil

Our vetiver essential oil is steam-distilled from the roots of Vetiveria zizanioides, a tall tropical grass whose dense root system yields one of perfumery's great base notes.

The oil is thick and slow-pouring, with a deep, earthy, smoky-sweet aroma that anchors blends and lingers for hours. A little goes a very long way.

People reach for vetiver in evening diffuser blends, natural perfumery, and grounding massage blends, and formulators prize it as a natural fixative.

How We Process Our Roots

Harvest

Vetiver roots are dug up by hand once the dense grass clumps have matured enough to yield oil.

Sorting

Roots are cleaned of soil and cut down so the distiller can pack them evenly for steaming.

Distillation

Steam works slowly through the root mass, drawing out the thick, earthy oil over many patient hours.

Lab Testing

Each finished batch is tested and the results are published here as a certificate of analysis.

Bottling

The oil is filtered, poured into light-safe bottles, and stored cool until it ships to you.

Documentation Behind This Bottle

Vetiver oil is thick, slow to pour, and unmistakably earthy, which makes it hard to fake convincingly. A version cut with cheaper oils or synthetics tends to thin out and lose that lingering, smoky-sweet depth within the first hour on a strip.

This batch's certificate of analysis is posted here on the site, letting you check the actual testing behind the bottle instead of relying on our word alone.

View the current COA (PDF)

Vetiver Essential Oil vs. Synthetic Fragrance Oil

Distilled Root OilSynthetic Fragrance
SourceWild-harvested vetiver rootsLab-blended aroma chemicals
AromaDeep, earthy, smoky-sweet, evolves over hoursFlat, one-note scent that fades fast
CompositionNaturally occurring root compounds onlySynthetic isolates and diluents
DocumentationBatch certificate of analysis on fileNo sourcing or test data shared
Best forPerfumery, soap, and grounding blendsCheap, high-volume scenting only

What Grounds This Root Oil

1 species

Every bottle comes from Vetiveria zizanioides and nothing else is blended in

Roots

The plant part we distill, not the leaves above ground

Steam-distilled

The only extraction method used to pull oil from the root mass

Haiti

The origin region where this vetiver is wild-harvested before distillation

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Ideas From the Workbench

Hands-on ways makers are already putting this earthy root oil into recipes and blends.

15 Vetiver Diffuser Blends That Will Transform Your Home Into a Sanctuary

15 Vetiver Diffuser Blends That Will Transform Your Home Into a Sanctuary

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DIY Vetiver and Lavender Sleep Balm: A Soothing Bedtime Ritual

DIY Vetiver and Lavender Sleep Balm: A Soothing Bedtime Ritual

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DIY Vetiver Cologne Spray for Men: Woody, Smoky, and Irresistible

DIY Vetiver Cologne Spray for Men: Woody, Smoky, and Irresistible

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12 Vetiver Oil Recipes for Homemade Gifts That Impress

12 Vetiver Oil Recipes for Homemade Gifts That Impress

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More Vetiver for Bigger Jobs

Soap and candle studios along with independent perfumers are the buyers who reach for this oil by the pound once it becomes a fixture in their formulas. Ordering in bulk keeps a recipe's base note consistent across bigger runs, and every larger size carries the same testing record as a single bottle, not a separate claim.

Soap Makers

Vetiver anchors cold-process bars with a woodsy base that holds up through the cure.

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Candle Studios

A deep, smoky-sweet base note that keeps brighter top notes from burning off too fast.

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Perfumers & Formulators

A natural fixative that slows evaporation and gives an accord more staying power.

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Vetiver Essential Oil 5 lbs
5 lbs
$1,431.99
$286.40 per lb
 Vetiver Essential Oil 25 lbs
25 lbs
$6,125.99
$245.04 per lb
 Vetiver Essential Oil 400 lbs
400 lbs
$66,097.99
$165.24 per lb
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Quick Facts

How fast do orders ship? ▾
Orders ship within 1 to 2 business days. Bulk sizes of 5 lbs and up may need a little extra handling time before they leave our warehouse. Checkout runs through our secure Shopify store, so your payment and shipping details stay protected the whole way through.
Where does this vetiver oil come from? ▾
It's steam-distilled from the roots of Vetiveria zizanioides, a tropical grass wild-harvested in Haiti. The roots are the only part used, which is what gives the finished oil its deep, earthy, smoky-sweet character and thick, slow-pouring texture.
How can I check the oil's purity? ▾
Every batch we sell is lab-tested before it ships, and the results for the current batch are posted in the Documentation Behind This Bottle section above. Read through it to see exactly what was tested before you order.
These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. Products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.