Palo Santo (Bursera graveolens) essential oil is steam-distilled from the heartwood of the palo santo tree, a sacred tree native to South America and revered for centuries in Andean and Amazonian shamanic traditions. The oil has a distinctive sweet, woody, licorice-like, and slightly resinous aroma and carries the same cleansing, protective, and grounding energy associated with burning palo santo wood. EOW sources palo santo from sustainable operations that only harvest naturally fallen trees.

Palo Santo is used for energetic space clearing and purification, meditation support, stress and anxiety relief, respiratory clearing, and as a natural insect repellent. It is one of the most versatile ceremonial oils in EOW's catalog — suitable for daily aromatic use as well as intentional ceremonial application. Aromatically, it is widely used as a cleaner, more sustainable alternative to burning palo santo wood, eliminating smoke while retaining the full botanical profile.

Add several drops to a diffuser to fill a room with palo santo's cleansing and protective aroma before meditation, yoga, healing sessions, or as a daily energetic maintenance practice. It can also be diluted in water and used as a room spray, applied to doorways and entry points as a topical clearing practice, or worn on the body as an aromatic protective. Palo Santo pairs naturally with white sage, frankincense, and copal for comprehensive space purification.

Yes — Essential Oil Wizardry is committed to sustainable sourcing practices and sources palo santo only from operations that harvest naturally fallen trees, respecting the regenerative capacity of the ecosystem. Palo santo trees must fall naturally and remain on the forest floor for several years before the heartwood develops its characteristic aromatic resin — ethical sourcing ensures this natural process is honored. EOW does not source from operations that harvest living trees.