Vetiver oil

At a glance

Vetiver oil is a fragrance ingredient derived from the roots of the vetiver plant, used in perfumery for its fixative and stabilizing properties It is valued by perfumers for this distinctive character and used as a building block within larger fragrance compositions.

One of several trade forms of Vetiver catalogued here — see the full family →

Category
🌿 Natural
Origin
Root
Extraction
Steam distillation
CAS number
8016-96-4
Profile
woody, earthy, smoky
IFRA status
Restricted -- controlled via constituent peroxide limits
● drafted · last checked 2026-09-01