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INCI: Vetiveria Zizanoides
CAS N°.: 8016-96-4 / 84238-29-9

EINECS N° : 282-490-8

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Ref.: EXON10MA

PRESENTATION
It is extracted from the washed, chopped, dried and soaked roots and rootlets by steam distillation and yields about 0.5%.
It is a tall, tufted, perennial, scented grass with long narrow leaves and an abundant complex lacework of underground white roots and is mainly cultivated in the tropics, such as India, Tahiti, Java and Haiti.
The grass was used in Calcutta and Haiti for thatching and awnings, blinds and sunshades, while in Java the roots were used for weaving mats and thatching huts, which not only gave rooms an exquisite fragrance but also deterred insects.
It is a popular ingredient for soaps, toiletries and perfumes and growing the grass protects against soil erosion.
Vetiver oil is also known as the 'oil of tranquility' because of its calming properties.

 

PROPERTIES AND COSMETIC APPLICATIONS
The therapeutic properties of vetiver oil are antiseptic, aphrodisiac, cicatrisant, nervi ne, sedative, tonic, sedative and vulnerary.

Warning : Vetiver is considered a safe oil and is non-toxic, non-irritant and non-sensitizing.