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Oils » Essential Oils (O-Z)
Palmarosa Essential Oil
Average Product Rating: 4.8 / 5 (Based on 29 Customer Reviews)
Botanical Name: Cymbopogon martinii var motia
Plant Part: Grass
Extraction Method: Steam Distilled
Origin: India
Description: Palmarosa is a wild growing plant with long slender stems and terminal flowering tops. The grassy leaf from which the essential oil is derived is extremely fragrant.
Color: Yellow to light brown liquid.
Common Uses: Palmarosa Essential Oil properties include use as an antiseptic, bactericidal, cicatrizant, digestive, febrifuge, hydrating, stimulant (digestive, circulatory), and tonic. It is used extensively as a fragrance component in cosmetics, perfumes and especially soaps due to its excellent tenacity. Aromatherapists recommend it as an oil to diffuse during flu epidemics. Its action against viral illnesses and bacteria – coupled with the attractive smell - make it a great oil to use to disinfect a room.
Consistency: Thin
Note: Middle
Strength of Aroma: Medium
Blends well with: Cananga, Geranium, Bergamot, Sandalwood and Cedarwood.
Aromatic Scent: Palmarosa Essential Oil has a sweet, floral fragrance with a hint of rose.
History: Palmarosa was known as Indian geranium oil and used in combination with the more expensive rose oils.
Cautions: Palmarosa Essential Oil is a dermal irritant. Avoid use if pregnant.
Terms of Use
Customers should purchase products from New Directions Aromatics Inc. with the clear understanding that all products must be used at the customers own discretion and only after referencing Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and all other relevant technical information specific to the product. New Directions Aromatics Inc. shall not be held responsible for any damages to property or for any adverse physical effects (including injury or bodily harm) caused by insufficient knowledge or the improper use of a product.
The user of the product is solely responsible for compliance with all laws and regulations applying to the use of the products, including intellectual property rights of third parties.
As with any manufacturing process, New Directions Aromatics strongly recommends small lab scale testing for evaluation purposes prior to full commercial manufacturing.
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The liability of New Directions Aromatics Inc. is limited to the value of the goods and does not include any consequential loss. New Directions Aromatics Inc. shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.
Please note, the International Federation of Aromatherapists do not recommend that Essential Oils be taken internally unless under the supervision of a Medical Doctor who is also qualified in clinical Aromatherapy. In addition, Essential Oils must be properly diluted before use in order to avoid any damages to property or adverse physical effects (including injury or bodily harm).
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Submited By: Julie from Greenfield Park, Quebec on 11/28/2011
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
Rating:
I purchased this EO for its antibacterial properties. I mixed this EO with lavender EO to create a beautiful fragrance, perfect to diffuse in my nebulizer. I also added some to eucalyptus EO and made wax tarts. A little goes a long way.
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
Rating:
I purchased this EO for its antibacterial properties. I mixed this EO with lavender EO to create a beautiful fragrance, perfect to diffuse in my nebulizer. I also added some to eucalyptus EO and made wax tarts. A little goes a long way.
Submited By: Lauretta from San Diego, California on 11/11/2011
Loyal Customer Since: 2010
Rating:
I don't find this EO particularly sweet. It smells herbaceous, and I do sense a hint of rose, but there's also an undertone I'm not very fond of that smells a little like a chlorinated pool. Strange, I know, but that's the best comparison I can think of. That undertone doesn't ruin the scent for me, but it makes it significantly less useful in perfume making than it would be otherwise.
Loyal Customer Since: 2010
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I don't find this EO particularly sweet. It smells herbaceous, and I do sense a hint of rose, but there's also an undertone I'm not very fond of that smells a little like a chlorinated pool. Strange, I know, but that's the best comparison I can think of. That undertone doesn't ruin the scent for me, but it makes it significantly less useful in perfume making than it would be otherwise.
Submited By: Cynthia from Mount Carroll, Illinois on 12/20/2010
Loyal Customer Since: 2010
Rating:
Excellent! A very rich palmarosa. Others I've smelled remind me of Dial Soap, but this one is delicious! It holds up well in cold process soaps. I've yet to try it in other products.
Loyal Customer Since: 2010
Rating:
Excellent! A very rich palmarosa. Others I've smelled remind me of Dial Soap, but this one is delicious! It holds up well in cold process soaps. I've yet to try it in other products.
Submited By: Jefa from Calgary, Alberta on 12/15/2010
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
Rating:
This Palmarosa is distinctive & quite mellow. It's a beautiful oil to use in perfumes to give them lasting quality.
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
Rating:
This Palmarosa is distinctive & quite mellow. It's a beautiful oil to use in perfumes to give them lasting quality.
Submited By: Kelly from Columbia, Maryland on 12/01/2010
Loyal Customer Since: 2010
Rating:
Nice clean, sweet scent and great price.
Loyal Customer Since: 2010
Rating:
Nice clean, sweet scent and great price.
Submited By: Amanda from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 11/14/2010
Loyal Customer Since: 2010
Rating:
Amazing price for such a useful and complex EO. Palmarosa is like an herbal rose, only the floral quality is very subtle, unlike so many rose and rose geraniums. It has a powerful green herbal quality that dominates and it may be all you experience at first. But let it out of the bottle and you will fall in love with this one.
Loyal Customer Since: 2010
Rating:
Amazing price for such a useful and complex EO. Palmarosa is like an herbal rose, only the floral quality is very subtle, unlike so many rose and rose geraniums. It has a powerful green herbal quality that dominates and it may be all you experience at first. But let it out of the bottle and you will fall in love with this one.
Submited By: Heather from Colorado Springs, Colorado on 11/07/2010
Loyal Customer Since: 2009
Rating:
I love this scent and actually prefer it over rose. It's sweet mellow floral smell is fantastic. I have used it in creams and soaps. It holds up suprisingly well for a floral. I also think it smells great blended with sweet orange e/o. I think it's like a modern spin on the rose...without the old lady victoran feel.
Loyal Customer Since: 2009
Rating:
I love this scent and actually prefer it over rose. It's sweet mellow floral smell is fantastic. I have used it in creams and soaps. It holds up suprisingly well for a floral. I also think it smells great blended with sweet orange e/o. I think it's like a modern spin on the rose...without the old lady victoran feel.
Submited By: Sharon from Yarker, Ontario on 08/30/2010
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
Rating:
An interesting scent-a little hard to pin down at times. It changes outside of the bottle, and seems to be different, depending on the medium. In creams, it takes on a lemony tea scent. In room sprays, the floral attributes are more apparent. Mixed with cedarwood in a soy candle, it is my husband's favourite! It takes on a sweet, almost sugary note. Can't wait to try it in soaps.
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
Rating:
An interesting scent-a little hard to pin down at times. It changes outside of the bottle, and seems to be different, depending on the medium. In creams, it takes on a lemony tea scent. In room sprays, the floral attributes are more apparent. Mixed with cedarwood in a soy candle, it is my husband's favourite! It takes on a sweet, almost sugary note. Can't wait to try it in soaps.
Submited By: Melinda from Payson, Utah on 07/28/2010
Loyal Customer Since: 2009
Rating:
Amazingly strong scent. Wonderful oil to deodorize and disinfect a room.
Loyal Customer Since: 2009
Rating:
Amazingly strong scent. Wonderful oil to deodorize and disinfect a room.
Submited By: Jourdain from Salinas, California on 06/18/2010
Loyal Customer Since: 2009
Rating:
Like a lovely, rosy geranium sans the "minty," almost henna-like backnote geranium carries and with a brief after-odor reminiscent of a rosy lemongrass or lemon balm, even. Also comparable to geranium therapeutically, as an all-purpose skin tonic, and even more remarkable when you blend the two. I love this in my perfume work as an extender for most high-end florals, and to keep them from overwhelimg softer odors, like balsams and the coniferous notes. High quality at a seriously low price. Gorgeous!
Loyal Customer Since: 2009
Rating:
Like a lovely, rosy geranium sans the "minty," almost henna-like backnote geranium carries and with a brief after-odor reminiscent of a rosy lemongrass or lemon balm, even. Also comparable to geranium therapeutically, as an all-purpose skin tonic, and even more remarkable when you blend the two. I love this in my perfume work as an extender for most high-end florals, and to keep them from overwhelimg softer odors, like balsams and the coniferous notes. High quality at a seriously low price. Gorgeous!
Submited By: Jackie from Porter's Lake, Nova Scotia on 06/01/2010
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
Rating:
I love this one! it has a wonderful fragrance. My new favorite!
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
Rating:
I love this one! it has a wonderful fragrance. My new favorite!
Submited By: Samuel from Quebec, Quebec on 03/09/2010
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
Rating:
This is not the best palmarosa I have ever experienced, but at this price it's simply amazing. This oil works ! I would not consider it a skin irritantas the description says, maybe in high doses, because it stimulates circulation like not many other. It feels warm on the skin and at the right dosage it can be a very pleasing oil to work with ! It feels a little overpowering from up close, but it soons melts into a pink fluid fragrance, feels a bit citrusy even with some distance. A wonderful array of floral bouquet soon follows afterwards.
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
Rating:
This is not the best palmarosa I have ever experienced, but at this price it's simply amazing. This oil works ! I would not consider it a skin irritantas the description says, maybe in high doses, because it stimulates circulation like not many other. It feels warm on the skin and at the right dosage it can be a very pleasing oil to work with ! It feels a little overpowering from up close, but it soons melts into a pink fluid fragrance, feels a bit citrusy even with some distance. A wonderful array of floral bouquet soon follows afterwards.
Submited By: Rabecca from Columbus, Michigan on 02/12/2010
Loyal Customer Since: 2009
Rating:
Smells lovely used in your favorite face cream/moisturizer it moisturizes the skin, whilst balancing hydration levels and sebum production
Loyal Customer Since: 2009
Rating:
Smells lovely used in your favorite face cream/moisturizer it moisturizes the skin, whilst balancing hydration levels and sebum production
Submited By: Tabetha from Oak Harbor, Washington on 01/17/2009
Loyal Customer Since: 2007
Rating:
I purchased several essential oils from a company, including Palamrosa, on ebay instead of here because they cost a little less. I have always used New Directions in the past but made a huge mistake in switching. I spent over $100 and ended up with oil scents I barely recognized. New Directions' Palmarosa is hands down the best scent and quality you can get for the prices. Not a heavy camphorous scent like other companies. Relaxing, slightly floral and green. I will not shop anywhere else again for this or any other scent.
Loyal Customer Since: 2007
Rating:
I purchased several essential oils from a company, including Palamrosa, on ebay instead of here because they cost a little less. I have always used New Directions in the past but made a huge mistake in switching. I spent over $100 and ended up with oil scents I barely recognized. New Directions' Palmarosa is hands down the best scent and quality you can get for the prices. Not a heavy camphorous scent like other companies. Relaxing, slightly floral and green. I will not shop anywhere else again for this or any other scent.
Submited By: Tracey from Toronto, Ontario on 01/02/2009
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
Rating:
This oil is a surprise hit at my clinic. Try palmarosa in a salt or sugar scrub. I use its gentle, penetrating scent in an incense my incense-making class called "Fluid Focus".
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
Rating:
This oil is a surprise hit at my clinic. Try palmarosa in a salt or sugar scrub. I use its gentle, penetrating scent in an incense my incense-making class called "Fluid Focus".
Submited By: Karen from Eugene, Oregon on 11/21/2008
Loyal Customer Since: 2008
Rating:
i love this oil, but can't tell which i prefer, this or geranium. i am also going to try the rose geranium because all of the geranium fragrances are enchanting and revitaliziing.
Loyal Customer Since: 2008
Rating:
i love this oil, but can't tell which i prefer, this or geranium. i am also going to try the rose geranium because all of the geranium fragrances are enchanting and revitaliziing.
Submited By: Vanice from Cambridge, Ontario on 09/05/2008
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
Rating:
I totally agree that Palmarosa has lasting power in cold process soaps, something that can be tricky with other essential oils. I use this wonderful oil in several different scent blends with great success.
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
Rating:
I totally agree that Palmarosa has lasting power in cold process soaps, something that can be tricky with other essential oils. I use this wonderful oil in several different scent blends with great success.
Submited By: Judith from Reisterstown, Maryland on 06/17/2008
Loyal Customer Since: 2006
Rating:
I like this scent a lot--floral, rosey, but not too sweet. I use it a lot in lotions and soaps for skin care--it blends very nicely with chamomile and lavender.
Loyal Customer Since: 2006
Rating:
I like this scent a lot--floral, rosey, but not too sweet. I use it a lot in lotions and soaps for skin care--it blends very nicely with chamomile and lavender.
Submited By: Wai May from Toronto, Ontario on 05/18/2008
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
Rating:
It smells terrible from the bottle but when I poured out a few drops and got a good whiff, I was glad I got this EO.
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
Rating:
It smells terrible from the bottle but when I poured out a few drops and got a good whiff, I was glad I got this EO.
Submited By: Miranda from Edmonton, Alberta on 04/07/2008
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
Rating:
Nice Scent! I personally hate the smell of geranium bourbon so I was scared of this one (I figured it would be similar). I am pleasantly surprised!
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
Rating:
Nice Scent! I personally hate the smell of geranium bourbon so I was scared of this one (I figured it would be similar). I am pleasantly surprised!
Submited By: Karen from Spring Hill, Florida on 02/20/2008
Loyal Customer Since: 2007
Rating:
This scent is amazing and reasonably priced! This oil has a similar aroma to Rose Geranium – similar properties too. Great blended with other oils.
Loyal Customer Since: 2007
Rating:
This scent is amazing and reasonably priced! This oil has a similar aroma to Rose Geranium – similar properties too. Great blended with other oils.
Submited By: Karen from Bassett, Virginia on 11/23/2007
Loyal Customer Since: 2007
Rating:
I'm new to EO's, but I really do like this New Directions. The people are so nice and the oils are so fragrant and pure. I love this Palmarosa oil, it's so fresh and calming. I use it in a Transition blend with Cedarwood and Ylang Ylang Extra. This blend is great for making that transition from work to relaxing or from work to Yoga. Thanks ND!!!
Loyal Customer Since: 2007
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I'm new to EO's, but I really do like this New Directions. The people are so nice and the oils are so fragrant and pure. I love this Palmarosa oil, it's so fresh and calming. I use it in a Transition blend with Cedarwood and Ylang Ylang Extra. This blend is great for making that transition from work to relaxing or from work to Yoga. Thanks ND!!!
Submited By: Amber from Ludlow, Kentucky on 07/20/2007
Loyal Customer Since: 2007
Rating:
When I bought this oil I didn't expect to love the scent; I just wanted something less camphorous to use when I had the flu. Generally I'm not wild about "floral" fragrances, but this one is really nice, particularly for summer because the scent is fresh, not cloying. Right now I'm combining this one with lavender and bergamot in a linen spray. I think this scent is best used in combination with others, even though it's very pleasant from the bottle.
Loyal Customer Since: 2007
Rating:
When I bought this oil I didn't expect to love the scent; I just wanted something less camphorous to use when I had the flu. Generally I'm not wild about "floral" fragrances, but this one is really nice, particularly for summer because the scent is fresh, not cloying. Right now I'm combining this one with lavender and bergamot in a linen spray. I think this scent is best used in combination with others, even though it's very pleasant from the bottle.
Submited By: Valerie from Cornelius, Oregon on 05/04/2007
Loyal Customer Since: 2007
Rating:
This truly works. Right after I ordered this my teenager brought home the flu. After diffusing thru the whole house I sat back and watched my family recover faster than ever. Really qiute a wonder. Thanks so much for this fine quality EO.
Loyal Customer Since: 2007
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This truly works. Right after I ordered this my teenager brought home the flu. After diffusing thru the whole house I sat back and watched my family recover faster than ever. Really qiute a wonder. Thanks so much for this fine quality EO.
Submited By: Joely from Topeka, Kansas on 12/01/2006
Loyal Customer Since: 2006
Rating:
Definately one of the less medicinal smelling flu and cold seasion EOs I will be using this winter! Lovely aroma! Clean and crisp floral.
Loyal Customer Since: 2006
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Definately one of the less medicinal smelling flu and cold seasion EOs I will be using this winter! Lovely aroma! Clean and crisp floral.
Submited By: Trudy from Warkworth, Ontario on 07/31/2006
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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I continue to be impressed by the consistency of the essential oils from New Directions. This palmarosa is not exception and is a reasonable price.
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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I continue to be impressed by the consistency of the essential oils from New Directions. This palmarosa is not exception and is a reasonable price.
Submited By: Candice from Sarasota, Florida on 07/11/2006
Loyal Customer Since: 2006
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I love this palmarosa, one of the best I've encountered. Really nice rose-geranium scent, but I think it has a bit more of a nice 'greener' note than others I've used. Excellent quality.
Loyal Customer Since: 2006
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I love this palmarosa, one of the best I've encountered. Really nice rose-geranium scent, but I think it has a bit more of a nice 'greener' note than others I've used. Excellent quality.
Submited By: Candice from Sarasota, Florida on 07/08/2006
Loyal Customer Since: 2006
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Suitable for all skin care applications. This one is EXCELLENT price! Use for acne, anorexia, cellular regeneration, dermatitis, moisturiser, nervous exhaustion, skin infections, scars, sores, stress related conditions, wrinkles. I LOVE the light rosy scent.
Loyal Customer Since: 2006
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Suitable for all skin care applications. This one is EXCELLENT price! Use for acne, anorexia, cellular regeneration, dermatitis, moisturiser, nervous exhaustion, skin infections, scars, sores, stress related conditions, wrinkles. I LOVE the light rosy scent.
Submited By: Olga from Santa Clara, California on 07/05/2006
Loyal Customer Since: 2006
Rating:
Good quality, good price.
Loyal Customer Since: 2006
Rating:
Good quality, good price.
