Health Benefits:

Palo Santo Essential Oil is rich in limonene. A natural purifier, it can be used to promote deep immunity especially during cold and flu season. A softer and sweeter oil than Frankincense, it is an ideal additive to massage oils.

Palo Santo provides immune boosting effects. Abundant in anti-oxidants, palo santo is useful to promote a healthy inflammatory response in the joints and muscles and for regenerating skin. It has settling, calming and grounding qualities, thus making it a great stress reducer as well as a superb oil for spiritual upliftment.  

Palo Santo is said to have an upward-lifting effect traditionally associated with this essential oil. Often used for shamanic ritual, it is a valuable tool for meditation, enhancing creativity, and for tasks requiring sustained concentration.

How to Use:

Palo santo can be applied topically, as a compress, in the bath, through direct inhalation, or diffuser.

Add to a carrier oil for an all over massage to support immune system function and healthy joints and muscles.

Use a few drops in vapor therapy to support immune function during cold and flu season.

Direct palm inhalation of one to two drops can be used to uplift the mood, calm and settle the mind, and promote a sense of peace (a drop of frankincense may also be added).

Diffuse Palo santo to ground, settle and calm the body, mind and spirit.

Diffuse with a few drops of lemon and one drop of peppermint to improve concentration.

Palo Santo Oil Recipes:

Detoxification Support (bath salt blend): 2 drops palo santo, 2 drops grapefruit, 2 drops cypress, 2 drops palmarosa in 1 cup Dead Sea or Epsom salts

Shamanic journey blend: 2 drops palo santo, 4 drops jasmine, 2 drops sandalwood, 1 drop cedarwood in 15 ml marula oil

More Information:

To harvest the oil, only dead trees that have been left lying on the ground for a minimum of two years can be used. The resin is driven into the heartwood when the wood dies and matures, developing it's unique and powerful chemistry. The average life of the Palo Santo tree is between 80 and 90 years.

Redolent of citrus and balsam, Palo Santo, like its cousin Frankincense, belongs to the category of “spiritual oils,” renowned for their esoteric and numinous character. This distillation is highly therapeutic and intriguingly complex.

For every liter of Palo Santo oil that Floracopeia purchases, we donate $25 to help replant these endangered trees.

Safety Guidelines:

Safety Considerations for Palo Santo Essential Oil:

Generally non-toxic and non-sensitizing; Palo Santo can be dermotoxic to some if used directly on the skin. Avoid use during pregnancy. Do not take Palo Santo essential oil internally.

Aromatic Profile & Blending:

Aromatic Profile and Blending of Palo Santo Essential Oil:

Perfumery Note: Top
Odor: Fine citrus with resinous wood notes, fresh
Strength of Initial Aroma: Strong
Dry-out: Soft, gentle, musky

Blends well with: other woods and resins such as cedarwood, frankincense, sandalwood and myrrh

Product Details:

Botanical Name: Bursera graveolens
Family: Burseraceae
Composition: 100% Pure Bursera graveolens oil
Origin: Ecuador
Method of Extraction: Steam distilled
Cultivation/Harvesting: Wildcrafted
Plant Part: Aged dead wood from fallen trees
Color: Clear to pale yellow to light brown
Consistency: Thin
Yield: 4-5%


Bottle Size: 15 ml

Why Buy From Floracopeia:

Floracopeia was established to help preserve and promote the use of botanical medicines as solutions to the widespread ecological destruction taking place in the world, and the loss of medicinal plants on which traditional medical systems depend. We provide our customers with the highest quality essential oils and other botanical aromatic treasures through the promotion of ecological sustainability, organic agriculture, and agro-forestry projects.

Our products are acclaimed for their therapeutic-grade, high quality at affordable prices. We provide artisanal quality oils produced by small family-based distillers. We buy directly from farmers and distillers, thus supporting the local economies in which the plants are grown. We do not buy oils from the world-brokers. Floracopeia is founded with a strong medical orientation and is involved in a number of global eco-projects based in grass roots health care, spirituality, reforestation projects, and the preservation and restoration of ethno-botanical culture.