Product Overview
Palo Santo essential oil has a unique woody, fruity/balsamic sweet aroma, with citrus, mint and soft spice nuances that is somewhat reminiscent of Frankincense.
Palo Santo, the Spanish name given to this South American tree, means ‘holy wood’, an appropriate name for its many applications in spiritual practices. The smoke of Palo Santo wood is traditionally used in ceremony similar to the use of White Sage in smudging practices. It comes from the same botanical family (Burseraceae) as Frankincense and Myrrh and the aroma is often used to evoke an ambiance of calm and sacred contemplation in the same way as its botanical cousins.
Our Palo Santo is distilled in small batches from sustainably harvested wood. The aged, dead wood is gathered from the forest floor on Ecuador's Pacific coast, allowing the production of oil without any harm to the living trees.[1],[2] Among the various molecules that are resurrected from the dead wood upon distillation are none other than the familiar and ubiquitous limonene, alpha-terpineol – the claim to fame of Tea Tree – and menthofuran, the musty/minty terpenic compound notably found in Peppermint oils. The comforting and inspiring aroma is recommended for diffusers, room sprays and meditation blends.
1 Industry communication.
2 Farmer, Steven D. Earth Magic: Ancient Shamanic Wisdom for Healing Yourself, Others, and the Planet, 2009, p. 123.
3 Tisserand, Robert and Rodney Young. Essential Oil Safety, 2nd ed., 2014, pp. 379-80.
4 Ibid.
