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Oils » Essential Oils (O-Z)
Patchouli Essential Oil (Dark)





Average Product Rating: 5 / 5 (Based on 69 Customer Reviews)

Botanical Name: Pogostemon Cablin
Plant Part: Leaves
Extraction Method: Steam Distilled
Origin: Indonesia
Description: Patchouli is a very fragrant herb with soft oval leaves and square stems. It grows from 2 to 3 feet in height and provides an unusual odor that is nonetheless characteristic of patchouli when the leaves are rubbed. The color of the patchouli oil is affected by the distillation machine. If distillation is done in a stainless steel vessel the color of the oil will be light, but if done in an iron vessel the color will be darker.
Color: Golden orange to dark reddish brown viscous liquid.
Common Uses: Patchouli is recognized by aromatherapists as being effective for combating nervous disorders, helping with dandruff, sores, skin irritations and acne. The specific properties include use as an antidepressant, anti-inflammatory, anti-emetic, antimicrobal, antiphlogistic, antiseptic, antitoxic, antiviral, aphrodisiac, astringent, bactericidal, carminative, deodorant, digestive, diuretic, febrifuge, fungicidal, nerving, prophylactic, stimulating and tonic agent. In the perfumery industry, it is interesting to note that Patchouli improves with age, and that the aged product is what is preferred over freshly harvested. In aromatherapy, Patchouli is an excellent fixative that can help extend other, more expensive oils.
Consistency: Thick
Note: Base
Strength of Aroma: Medium
Blends well with: Sandalwood, Bergamot, Cedarwood, Rose, Orange, Cassia, Myrrh and Opoponax
Aromatic Scent: Patchouli has a warm, earthy aroma with fresh fruit - like tones.
History: Before it became popular in Europe, Indian shawls and Indian ink were identified by the unique patchouli odor.
Cautions: None Known.
Terms of Use
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Loyal Customer Since: 2011
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Whoa! This oil is fantastic! Compared to other Patchouli E.O.'s I've used before, this one is so much thicker and I can tell that it is truly natural and not synthetic like the others. NDA will always be my favorite website for purchasing my ingredients!
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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This definitely has an earthy smell!! I love it! In the middle of winter it reminds me of playing in the garden and the dirt. Mmmmm! Highly recommend if you want an earthy base.
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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Awesome product and you cant beat the price!
Loyal Customer Since: 2011
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My first patchouli and I love it! I can't compare it to light patchouli, but I really love it! I'd much rather use essential oils than synthetic fragrances, but I often struggle to find essential oils and essential oil combos that I'm 100% pleased with. I'm not crazy about either patchouli or lavender on their own, but put them together and it's perfect!
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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This patchouli is amazing! I love its deep, earthy, spicy, piquant scent, and I simply can't get enough of it. It's great with lavender, and does wonders to offset the sweetness of more floral scents like ylang ylang. I look forward to seeing how the scent matures over time. It's definitely worth getting 100mL instead of 15mL--you'll find uses for it!
Loyal Customer Since: 2010
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Love this Patchouli oil. I just made CP soap with it and the scent is wonderful!
Loyal Customer Since: 2011
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Verry nice Patchouli. A little goes a long way in cp soaps.
Loyal Customer Since: 2010
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I LOVE this Patchouli...it is deep and earthy. It blends well with so many other essential oil and is very healing to mind and body alike. Another great, reasonably priced EO from NDA. Thanks!
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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This Patchouli is so deep and rich....I've used other patchouli's that need time to age before they even smell like patchouli.This one will give my lotions, body butters and shampoos the earthiness right away and will deepen even further ... Absolutely Fabulous !!!
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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I love patch and this one is fantastic :)
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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I thought this dark patchouli would be thicker, but regardless, I love the smell and it's doing an amazing job of shrinking those mystery balls of I-don't-know-what They are like cysts, I suppose, that show up on the hands and wrists. Overnight one large and rather painful one showed up on the top of my hand, and it was BIG. I immediately started rubbing this lovely scented patchouli, neat on the area, and in less than 2 weeks, it has shrunk to half it's size and is no longer painful. I sometimes combine it with some lavender neat, as I understand that both can do something for these cyst-like creatures that appear on the hands and wrists. I wasn't sure it would work, but seeing is believing. I see there's an organic patchouli out now too. I must try that as well, as order another bottle of the dark, so I can let it age a little. But I'm still waiting on the South African lavender to reappear before I place another order.
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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This is a really fabulous patchouli. Try it and you won't be disappointed!
Loyal Customer Since: 2010
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This is the best and high quality Patchouli EO. Works very well in CP soaps.
Loyal Customer Since: 2009
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Love this patchouli, the price is right too. I use this in most every mixture of mine.......Time to restock!
Loyal Customer Since: 2009
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A fantastic value for this type of oil! On its own, it is *very* musky and earthy, but in a good way. Though I'll use it straight in my Dr. Bronner's liquid soap, I also like to feminize it and turn it into a homemade "perfume" by wearing 3 drops mixed with either NDA rose or jasmine fragrance oil (2 drops of one or the other) mixed on my wrists, then dotted where ever else (usually neck, decolletage, insides of elbows, under the arms, etc.) I want to smell good. And let me tell you, whenever I wear this concoction, I receive TONS of compliments. In the last month alone, I have given three complete strangers NDA's Web site info so they could order their own as they were that taken by this oil's fragrance.
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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At first when I smelled this it was not one of my favorites, but I have grown to love this scent, it has an exotic aroma to it , And I find it to blend well with other EO 's such as Ylang Ylang, and especially Sweet Orange
Loyal Customer Since: 2009
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Great patchouli at a great price; wonderful in facial elixirs and all kinds of fragrances, and a surprising friend for troubled scalps.
Loyal Customer Since: 2010
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I love it! It has a nice rich smell but not to earthy/dirt smell as some do. A great price for the quality.
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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Wonderful, earthy scent. I don't normally like patchouli, but I'll be using this in soap and probably lotion as well. I'm always amazed at the quality and price from New Directions.
Loyal Customer Since: 2010
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Absolutely love this one! Mixed with a little vanilla and it is luxurious!
Loyal Customer Since: 2009
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My customers love it alot. Very nice naturistic scent.
Loyal Customer Since: 2007
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The smell is nice, but what won me over is the price - 16.6 oz for $35 can't be beat. At that price, I will put a few ounces away to age for several years - patchouli improves with age.
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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High quality scent at a fantastic price. I am always amazed at how much you get and how little I pay.
Loyal Customer Since: 2009
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I really dont like Patchouli but I got this EO to use in certian oils. This one pleased me though, I am not sneezing. Normally I sneeze non stop from the overpowering scent this seems to have. This isn't to bad.
Loyal Customer Since: 2009
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I found this to be a very strong patchouli. Nice, true patchouli aroma, but be careful because it will overpower your blends. I really like this oil but will be using it more in moderation.
Loyal Customer Since: 2009
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"You smell great!" I get that a lot, and I have a feeling this Patchouli Dark has little something to do with it! As wonderful as it smells, I use it for skin care, and I'm just as pleased with those results as I am with the aroma!
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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I can still remember the very first time I ever smelled patchouli. I was smitten! It continues to be one of my very favourite scents and I have worn it for years. The New Directions Patchouli Dark is wonderful, deep and rich. Perfect strangers have come up to me and asked, "What are you wearing? I love it!" I would highly recommend this product to anyone who loves that great Summer of Love scent!
Loyal Customer Since: 2009
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I have 2 bottles of this wonderful oil. One is a bottle from a year and a half ago, well aged in the back of a friend's pantry and the other is fresh, purchased in February of this year. This Patchouli is rich and smokey. Not quite the gorgeous deep chocolate note that you get from some Patchouli's, but much more murky and smokey. Quite lovely :) The aged patchouli has intensified and deepened both the characteristic patch smell and the smoke. Good, but could be better :)
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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I love the scent on its own but the beauty of Patchouli comes from its ability to enhance so many other essential oils and make the perfect blends. I am a cold process soaper among other things and Patchouli lends its staying power to blends through that process. I have yet to have a customer with eczema whom did not respond to the powers of patchouli in various combinations in creams and balms. Of course the fact that it is the only oil that I know of that improves with age versus disipating makes it my first choice oil. New Directions does have the best prices for this high quality oil. If I could rate it excellent + I would.
Loyal Customer Since: 2008
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I can't say enough wonderful things about this product. I used it in my Christmas M&P soaps and everyone RAVED about them! It has such a delicious, earthy, yet sweet smell. It is a very complex aroma that will pleasantly surprise you every time you use it. I blended it with lavender with very good results. This is an extremely high quality oil. I wouldn't buy it anywhere else!
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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This is the most wonderful smelling patchouli I've ever had the pleasure of smelling! Deep with woody tones, and when combined with rosewood lavender or ylang ylang... ah! definitely not a cheap hippie smell!
Loyal Customer Since: 2008
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soooo sultry and earthy! i love this patchouli -- try a few drops in the bathwater for a sensual, uplifting experience!
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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I use this along with clary sage in my shampoo and conditioner. Makes a wonderful smelling combination - and is supposed to help with hair loss.
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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I got this last year and just soaped with it again. what a great scent.
Loyal Customer Since: 2008
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This is such high quality oil, people who thought they did Not like Patchouli are absolutely loving this scent ! They must have been smelling low quality Patchouli oil, because it seems like everyone who thought they didn't like the smell of it are loving this New Directions Patchouli !! You should for sure try it, Get the small bottle, it lasts a long time. I love it with Orange Bitter!
Loyal Customer Since: 2008
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This Patchouli is outstanding! It is so smooth and a little bit goes a long way. I love it mixed with Orange Bitter!
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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I just tried this for the first time in my conditioner along with Frankincense, Rosewood, Cedarwood and Cardomom. What a gorgeous scent! Now I can see why people rave about Patchouli! I absolutely love it and I'm glad I bought the larger bottle!
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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Wonderfully and addictively earthy. I love it! My husband, however, finds it overwhealming when used in a diffuser. Great in lotions, though!
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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This EO is amazing, the scent the earthiness, I couldn't ask for anything more!! I've had several requests from my customers for Patchouli products, and have had great reviews. Such wonderful pricing and product, thanks again New Directions!
Loyal Customer Since: 2007
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This Patchouli is earthy, sultry and sexy. I have never been a fan of Patchouli, but this one is outstanding. Fantastic in blending and a little goes a long way.
Loyal Customer Since: 2007
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This is the best patchouli I have ever come across, bar none.
Loyal Customer Since: 2006
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Patchouli Dark is a fabulous essential oil. I bought it because I heard it was great for the skin.....which it is. But it turns out ONE DROP blended with Orange is the most amazing personal perfume.. It's like a magnet...it draws people to you..Don't wear it if you feel like being alone :) ND really has a winner with this high quality oil..
Loyal Customer Since: 2007
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I am not a fan of Patchouli but my husband thought it was great. The scent is right on, I just don't like it. I bought it because everyone else LOVES this scent so much. A+ quality oil.
Loyal Customer Since: 2006
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I am a soapmaker and I love keeping my products as mild, natural, and people friendly as possible. I have been a customer for over a year now and have never been disappointed with my ND shipments. The ND Patchouli is sooo nice...I buy them two at a time so I can let it "cure" a bit...like wine, patchouli oil gets better with age. I love the aluminum bottles, the quality, the price....everything about it! I am so glad that I stumbled across New Directions website when I began my business. I've ordered from other companies and have had higher prices paired with lower quality products. I know that whether I'm ordering yummy Patchouli and other essential oils or base oils for my soap, I will always get a high quality product from you guys! Thanks so much New Directions!
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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As a Patchuli lover I have used ND for years - never found any better quality or price. I use it daily after the shower mixed with Jojoba, Macademia & Linseed oils and neroli 3% (also from ND) as body moisturizer. I have heard comments like "I knew you were in the store because of your perfume - what is it? it smells soooo good." The other day a couple of women stopped me in a store in Guatemala (where I live part-time) and they wanted to know where I bought it. If you ship to Guatemala it would be great - have found some here at a horrible price and quality. Thank you New Directions for your great qualities and prices.
Loyal Customer Since: 2007
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I love this oil...it has a rich earthiness that appeals to me, and it seems mysterious too in a way...as if I went to , say, Morocco, maybe...when I smell this oil, I feel carried away by it.
Loyal Customer Since: 2007
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This is the best patchouli ever! Rich, earthy, and delicious! I recently paid three times the price for the same amount at a local place and that one doesn't even compare. This will be the only place I buy my patchouli from now on.
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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For an woody-oriental smell lover, I was happy to find a gorgeous pathchouli like this one. It has made me love patchouli all over again! I am very anxious to soap with this one, needless to say!
Loyal Customer Since: 2007
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This is a wonderful Patchouli. Very rich and fragrant. I will need to order more soon as this one is getting lots of use.
Loyal Customer Since: 2007
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I've had a half ounce bottle for only a couple weeks and I need to order more soon. It's really that good. I use this for so many things. What a great scent.
Loyal Customer Since: 2007
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This is the best Patchouli I have smelled. I am disappointed that I only ordered a half ounce. I plan to reorder a bigger bottle.
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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Patchouli can successully be mixed with other essential oils (orange, cinnamon etc) and its earthy smell is hot and comforting. A good patchouli soap is addictive. This oil is very good.
Loyal Customer Since: 2007
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This EO is really great. Smells nice and it comes in a nice dropper bottle for easy use.
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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i have been using patchouli for years.but this is the best i have found yet!i always order the big bottle.a little goes a long way.people always comment on how good i smell. i am so happy to have found new directions aromatics.
Loyal Customer Since: 2006
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I can see why some would not like the scent from the bottle and I agree used in excess COULD smell like tobacco to the sensitive, however if you are a patchouli lover then get the big bottle! I can NOT believe I only got 1/2 an ounce!
Loyal Customer Since: 2006
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Not a nice scent from the bottle (in my opinion) but it adds an earthy smell to blends that reminds me of India. Even though it is not my personal choice the quality is great and the medicinal uses make it worth having in your kit.
Loyal Customer Since: 2006
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This is one of the most delicious and wonderful essential oils around. Sweet, earthy, sensual, aphrodisiac. It was seducing me as soon as I was opened my package!! you can never go wrong with patchouli dark. satisfaction guaranteed.
Loyal Customer Since: 2006
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I am not a huge patchouli fan, yet it is a must in perfumery. This oil is wonderful, will definitely get better with age. A great investment.
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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Sweet, earthy and wonderful. One of the better known oils - a little goes a long way!
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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Any patchouli fan will want this! However, the scent is so rich that it could resemble tobaco if used excessively. Used sparingly, it produces excellent effect. Great for lip chap!
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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I've used patchouli oils from other sources, and none of them compare to this one. It doesn't smell as nice straight out from the bottle as it does diluted in a mixture or in the bath. I put one drop in a 10ml roll-on bottle of (3% diluted in jojoba) neroli oil, and presto! Absolutely gorgeous personal perfume!
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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Without a doubt....the best patchouli i've ever tried!
Loyal Customer Since: 2006
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I feel rich with this patchouli in my workshop. this is the best patchouli i have ever experienced. it is absolutely wonderful ... rich, dark, heady ... everything one wants in a lovely patchouli.
Loyal Customer Since: 2006
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Looks like another Dark Patchouli fan comment! This is bar none the best patchouli I've ever smelled... and I've smelled some so-so and some baaaaaaaad patchoulis. This is sort of sweet with a VERY subtle hint of mint, but certainly still lives up to its name. Absolutely lovely and after hearing that it improves with age, I just can't wait!
Loyal Customer Since: 2006
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This is THE BEST Patchouli oil! Rich dark and sweet, it gets even better with age. Wonderful as a base note in many blends, it helps the scent stick in CP soap.
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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This patchouli is warm, dark, and a little sweet. What I love most is that it gets better with age! I have a 100ml bottle I've saved for about 3 years and it just gets richer and more delicious.
Loyal Customer Since: 2005
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The BEST patchouli on the planet, I'm sure! Rich and dark and earthy. An absolutely fantasic patchouli. Nothing comes close!
Loyal Customer Since: 2006
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This patchouli is truly wonderful...great full roundedness very beautiful base note. Patchouli is believed to help prevent the spread of disease. The essential oil is for EXTERNAL USE ONLY and it should always be diluted with a suitable carrier oil before applying to the skin. It is non-toxic and non-irritant but with possible sensitization in some individuals. Use for acne, chapped & cracked skin, dermatitis, eczema, frigidity, fungal infections, incense, insect repellent, oily hair & skin, weeping eczema, wounds, wrinkles, athlete's foot, dandruff, hair care, impetigo, nervous exhaustion, open pores, sores, stress related conditions. (Also known as Patchouly, pachaput, Pogostemon patchouly.) This one is one of the best around, and I think improves with age.
Loyal Customer Since: 2006
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One of the best patchouli I've ever tried!

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