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Palo Santo E.O (Holy Wood)
Adam Michael has this to say “Palo Santo also known as holy wood is produced by steam distilling the aged wood of Bursera graveolens. The material is clear to light yellow in colour and of a pourable viscosity.
The aroma of Palo Santo can be considerably different from batch to batch I find. Generally though the aroma is of a milky, minty, lactonic and somewhat warm woody resinous character. This particular batch we are adding today (February 2019) is a fresh distillation, very powerful, with decided minty head notes and a milky-lactonic woody heart. Over time this material will mellow and whilst its minty character will lose part of its oomph, its woody heart notes will keep growing in depth and beauty.
Useful for imparting extra milky character within ylang ylang and sandalwood accords, pairs nicely with pemou oil, y-octalactone, coconut aldehyde, and offers interesting effects in trace amounts when added to white floral creations.”
Botanical Name: Bursera graveolens
Origin: Ecuador
9 reviews for Palo Santo E.O (Holy Wood)
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Simona Dailydaite (verified owner) –
I love this oil because of its properties. This wood is widely used in many spirtual practices and well known as energy cleanses. Smell is quite strong and woody.
Charalambos Charalambous (verified owner) –
Milky with lots of coconut hints but ufcourse it is a woody powerhouse that reminds you its true origin and spirituality
Robert (verified owner) –
Tricky to work with with as Palo Santo is just such a powerhouse and tends to bloom almost 10 fold in anything I blend it with. I’ve realised he prefers to be alone in my world and used as the clearing/healing medicine traditionally associated with ayahuasca ceremonies and shamanic ritual. Palo Santo can take you beyond if you let him!
Anag (verified owner) –
Such an mystical beauty this is. Resinous and woody, but also invigoratingly minty and a tad playfully citrus-like. In a few years its minty nature dissipated in favour of this sparkly citrusy resinousness. Milky notes might be there, but do not seem really prominent to me.
g.s.oldenkamp (verified owner) –
A strong, pungent scent. It reminds me of a field full of herbs where I used to camp. Happy memories.
Wilco L (verified owner) –
truly sublime palo santo oil! highly recommended.
innasany (verified owner) –
My husband loves palo santo – it reminds him of his first leather shoes he got as a child. But Adam’s Palo Santo took his breath away…and to be honest, me too. It’s a different league from what I’ve bought so far. Really, I have never felt such milky, citrusy, even leathery tones in anything. Like sacred Incense. The class! From now on Palo Santo only from Adam and Eleanore!
Anton B (verified owner) –
The grandest Palo Santo ever! And I’ve tried 3 different ones. Thank you so much to all those who leave comments.
Thanks to the previous feedback – I read about the milk and the tree. And decided to give it a try.
That’s exactly what it is! Exactly milk and wood! Only the milk is not synthetic, but real, gentle milk.
A masterpiece material!
And a huge thank you!
Hugs, Medea and Anton.
Kai Leon Art Parfumeur (verified owner) –
This enchanting Palo Santo is indeed a perfect embodiment of its lofty name – instantly evoking the feel of passing the emotionally soothing gate – into mind-altering shamanic ceremony, making you to leave all the worries behind and shed all the troubles of mind away, enveloping you (me) in a cloud of peace, serene elation and sympathetic love.
This batch at this time of its maturity is surprisingly potent – with astounding diffusion and particular radiance, that filled not only my studio but the entire spacious apartment for days, with just a couple of drops left on a blotter. When experienced up close, this Palo Santo is clean intense rich resinous wood with incense character (Frankincense & Bergamot soapy sort of cleanliness), yet when perceived in the highly diffused state – when coming from outside back home – it strikes with captivating, if not to say mesmerizing feel of an engulfing creamy haze full with a bittersweet galore of nuances behind the rich woody facade – from Narcissus, Cistrose, aged Vanilla – on the sweet side, to Absinthe, Yarrow and Sage – on the distinctly bitter undertone – which works as an aromatic magnet for my mind. And then it hangs in the air for days. As it diffuses, the creamy lactonic tonality actually becomes more obvious.
Important to mind that this hefty essence should be handled with care and cautious reverence – and not to be applied directly on skin undiluted (as I love to do so with many essences at least for a test, but not this one): for many people any essence of Palo Santo can be severe contact irritant, all despite its hallowed aroma.