Ingredients · Woods · dry-down

Vetiver oil (Java)

Say itVET-ih-ver oil

Darker, smokier, heavier vetiver—earthy, tarry roots with a leathery-burnt edge.

What it is

Natural oil from roots of Chrysopogon zizanioides.

Where it comes from

Java, Indonesia

When you smell it

Dry-down: hours later.

What perfumers do with it

Deep, smoky earthiness for leather, tobacco and dark woody accords at lower cost.

Worth knowing

Vetiver's own alcohol, khusimol, is the backbone of the vetiverol and vetiveryl acetate made from these oils.

Also called

Indonesian vetiver