Palmarosa Essential Oil - 10 ml

Latin Name: Cymbopogon martinii | Plant Part: Grass (aerial parts) | Origin: India | Extraction: Steam Distillation

Palmarosa essential oil is one of aromatherapy's most versatile and underrated florals. Steam-distilled from the tall, fragrant grass Cymbopogon martinii, it carries a soft, rosy-sweet scent that is both uplifting and calming — prized in Ayurvedic tradition, the perfumery trade, and modern aromatherapy alike. With a high geraniol content (typically 75–95%), palmarosa has a natural affinity with the skin, making it as useful in your skincare routine as it is in your diffuser.

Aroma Profile

Floral, rosy, and sweetly herbaceous — lighter and fresher than rose absolute, with a clean, uplifting quality that blends beautifully with citruses, other florals, and resins.

Key Benefits

• Skin care: Supports sebum regulation and hydration; well-suited to oily, combination, and blemish-prone skin
• Emotional balance: Uplifting yet calming; ideal for anxiety, emotional fatigue, and low mood
• Antimicrobial: High geraniol content provides natural antimicrobial and antifungal activity
• Muscle comfort: A pleasant addition to massage blends for easing tension and supporting circulation

How to Use

• Diffusion: 3–5 drops in your diffuser; blends beautifully with lavender, bergamot, and geranium
• Topical: Dilute to 1% for facial use (1 drop per 5 ml carrier oil); up to 2% for body use
• Skin care: Add 1–2 drops to your daily moisturiser, serum, or facial oil
• Bath: Blend 3–4 drops with a dispersant before adding to warm bathwater
• Linen spray: 5–8 drops in 100 ml distilled water for a soft, rosy room mist

Blending Partners

Palmarosa bridges florals, citruses, and resins with ease. It pairs especially well with geranium, rose absolute, ylang ylang, lavender, bergamot FCF, frankincense, and clary sage.

Safety

• Dilute before use — do not apply undiluted to skin
• Avoid contact with eyes and mucous membranes
• Use with caution during pregnancy — consult a qualified aromatherapist or healthcare professional
• Suitable for children over 2 years at 0.5% dilution or less
• Keep out of reach of children
• Not for internal use

Please refer to the IFRA guidelines, Safety Data Sheet (SDS), and Allergen Declaration available below for full safety information.

Full Guide

Learn more about palmarosa — including blending recipes, skin-care tips, and detailed safety information — in our Palmarosa Essential Oil Guide.