Bali Perfume Oil By Escential Essences, 1/2 Oz

Teak and tobacco notes. A dry, woody, faintly sweet fragrance in the earth register, the same scent family as Escential Essences' Bali incense sticks and cones.

A skin-safe perfume oil base. Blended in cosmetic-grade carrier oils for the pulse points, not for diffusing or ingesting. Patch test first if your skin runs sensitive.

Made for grounding practice. Worn before meditation, after heavy ritual, or on days that scatter you, as the scent that says your feet are on the floor.

• Volume: 0.5 oz perfume oil
• Maker: Escential Essences, made in the USA
• Fragrance: teak and tobacco
• Base: cosmetic-grade, skin-safe carrier oils
• A blended fragrance perfume oil, not an essential oil
• For external use only; not for ingestion
• Weight: about 2.6 oz

Escential Essences blends this fragrance in cosmetic-grade, skin-safe carrier oils and does not publish the full formula. Treat it as a blended perfume oil for external wear: patch test a small patch of skin first, keep it away from your eyes, and do not ingest it. The full ingredient list can be confirmed with Plentiful Earth before you order.

Bali perfume oil is used for grounding in contemporary eclectic practice: the earth-register scent you wear to settle. Wood and smoke notes have carried that job for a long time. Teak is a dense tropical hardwood, and the perfumer's tobacco note is warm, dry, and a little sweet, so the two together read as steady rather than bright. In the Western elemental system that most eclectic witches work with, those are the qualities of Earth: weight, patience, the body, the floor under you.

A word on tobacco, since it deserves one. Tobacco is a sacred offering plant in many Indigenous American traditions, and that use is best learned from practitioners within those traditions. This perfume oil is a fragrance in the tobacco note, not that practice, and we do not present it as such.

What you can do with it is simpler: wear it when you sit down to meditate, when you finish ritual and need to come back into your body, or when a day has scattered you and you want a scent that says you are here. The oil gives you the note; you supply the landing.

1. Patch test a drop on your inner arm and wait a day before regular wear.
2. Before meditation, dab a little at the wrists and the hollow of the throat, then breathe slowly until the scent is the only thing you notice. Let that be the whole practice for a few minutes.
3. After ritual, trance, or divination, put a trace on your palms and press them to the floor or to bare ground while you say a short closing affirmation: something as plain as I am back.
4. On scattered days, wear it as ordinary fragrance and let each breath of it be a small reminder to feel your feet.
5. To dress a brown or green candle for grounding work, rub a drop from the base toward the wick, keeping the oil away from the flame.

Some people wear it daily and some keep it for the end of ritual only; your own sense of when you need grounding is the better guide.

• Bali Teak Tobacco Incense Sticks by Escential Essences, 16 Sticks: the same scent as smoke, for the room while the oil grounds you.
• Bali Teak and Tobacco Incense Cones by Escential Essences, 16 Cones: the cone form of the same fragrance, for short sittings.
• Earth Lailokens Awen Candle, 4 1/4 Inch: the elemental candle for the same register, to burn while you settle.
• Black Tourmaline Heart, 3 Inches: the classic grounding stone, to hold or to keep beside the cushion.
• Sandalwood Perfume Oil by Escential Essences, 0.5 oz: the other woody, meditative scent in the line, if you want to layer or alternate.

Is Bali perfume oil an essential oil?

No. Bali is a blended fragrance perfume oil in a cosmetic-grade carrier base, made by Escential Essences in the USA. It is made to be worn as a scent rather than diffused as an essential oil, and we make no aromatherapy claims for it. What you get is the fragrance and the intention you bring to it.

What does Bali perfume oil smell like?

Teak and tobacco: dry, woody, warm, and a little sweet, without the sharpness of a cologne. It sits in the same family as the Bali incense sticks and cones from Escential Essences. On skin it stays close rather than announcing itself, which suits a grounding scent.

Is this the same as an essence oil or perfume essence?

Yes, in shop language. Escential Essences perfume oils are what many people mean by essence oil or perfume essence: a concentrated fragrance in an oil base, dabbed at the pulse points rather than sprayed. The half-ounce bottle is the standard size across the whole Escential Essences line.

Does this oil contain real tobacco?

The full formula is proprietary, so we cannot say what produces the note; treat it as a fragrance in the tobacco style rather than a botanical preparation. It is not a tobacco product and not for ingestion. If a specific ingredient matters to you, ask Plentiful Earth before ordering and we will find out.

Is it safe to wear on skin?

It is blended in cosmetic-grade, skin-safe carrier oils for exactly that purpose. Patch test a small area first if you have sensitive skin or known fragrance allergies, keep it out of your eyes, and stop using it if your skin reacts. It is for external use only.

Can I use a grounding perfume oil if I am new to witchcraft?

Yes. Grounding is the first skill most traditions teach, and a scent is one of the easiest ways to practice it. Put a little on, sit, breathe, and notice your weight in the chair. Nothing else is required, and the habit builds quickly once the scent and the feeling are linked.