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Vetiver Oil
Vetiveria Zizanoides Root Oil · Vetiveria Zizanoides Oil
Vetiver essential oil, added for its deep, smoky, earthy scent.
What it does
It’s distilled from the dried roots of vetiver, a tall grass. Perfumers value it as a long-lasting base note.
The EU’s ingredient database lists it as a fragrance (adds scent).European Commission, CosIng (© European Union, CC BY 4.0) · uses put in plain words by Drop ↗
The evidence, graded
moderateThe SCCS (2012) lists vetiver root oil among natural extracts with positive human data that are not sufficient to categorise it as an established contact allergen in humans, with limited human evidence. In Rudzki 1976, 1 of 200 patients reacted to vetiver essential oil (2%); in Rudzki 1986, 9 of 86 patients who reacted to fragrance mix I (10.4%) reacted to it.SCCS 2012 · European Commission SCCS ↗
Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.
Also known as
vetiver root oil, vetiver essential oil
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