Guiacwood Essential Oil | dōTERRA Behind the Bottle (Translated Subtitles)

<<7>> Hi.

<<8>> So here we are in the
Chaco Forest in Paraguay.

<<10>> When you think
about how large it is,

<<13>> it's 37 million
acres,

<<15>> but here is where the
Guaiacwood trees grow.

<<24>> And this particular species
has 90% sesquiterpene alcohols.

<<29>> We have unique
chemistry in this oil

<<32>> that has never been seen in
any other essential oil before.

<<35>> This is a day that
we've been waiting for

<<37>> for a long time.

<<38>> The beautiful part about
it is the intensive work

<<41>> that has been done to
ensure that all of the wood

<<44>> that gets harvested
to produce

<<45>> the Guaiacwood is
sustainably sourced.

<<51>> Every morning the harvesters
prepare breakfast at 5am.

<<69>> I love to see
that this is exactly

<<70>> where you begin, right?

<<72>> Yes.

<<72>> You looked at the
people that are

<<73>> on the ground, harvesting
the trees, right?

<<75>> The stewards of the
trees of the forest.

<<77>> Absolutely.

<<78>> You've made sure

<<79>> they have great
living quarters,

<<80>> a great quality
of life, right?

<<82>> They have a kitchen,

<<83>> Yeah.

<<83>> running water, they have
electricity, they have

<<85>> air conditioning.

<<85>> Yes.

<<86>> Basically, so we created a
true market price saying,

<<91>> "Okay, so-"

<<92>> For a sustainable product.

<<92>> For a sustainable
product, exactly.

<<94>> For us, if it was
all about price,

<<96>> we would go and
get the cheapest price.

<<97>> Of course.

<<98>> Right?

<<99>> Absolutely.

<<100>> But for us that's
not what it's about.

<<104>> These landowners
have to make

<<106>> an income off of
their property,

<<108>> so most of them are removing
the trees to make room

<<112>> for grass to
have cattle ranches,

<<114>> but what we have
done is working

<<117>> with our amazing
sourcing partners,

<<119>> we now pay a lease on the
land so that they have reason

<<123>> to keep the land
in its natural state,

<<126>> and we also pay
them for each tree

<<128>> that is harvested
off of their land.

<<133>> They're able to provide
meaningful, long-term income

<<136>> to these landowners to help
them preserve the native forest

<<138>> and ensure that
it stays in the ground,

<<140>> which is exactly what
we all hope can happen.

<<143>> A management plan means
to work with the forest,

<<148>> and to be with
the forest,

<<149>> to do conservation
for the forest,

<<151>> and how you
can be productive

<<154>> while maintaining all
the biodiversity around.

<<158>> Only 2 trees per acre are
harvested every 20 years.

<<163>> The root system
allows quick regrowth.

<<170>> The young trees eliminate more
carbon than the old trees.

<<181>> That's our stock of
Guaiacwood that comes

<<183>> from our forest
management plans.

<<186>> You can see here that
beautiful blue colour.

<<189>> Actually, it's full of oil
and you can see the blue is

<<193>> like it's the
oxidation of the oil

<<196>> and you can almost see small
crystals of essential oil

<<199>> on top of that.

<<205>> This is one of the most hard
and dense woods in the world

<<208>> and because of that, it takes
a lot of time and process

<<211>> to chip it properly.

<<216>> It then goes through
a conveyor system,

<<218>> gets loaded into the
distillation units

<<222>> that are about
1,000 kilos in size.

<<226>> The distillation
runs for about 17 hours

<<229>> and the most amazing
thing about this oil is

<<231>> that it is actually semi-solid
at room temperature.

<<241>> So this has been three
years in the making

<<244>> and we finally get to
smell the fresh Guaiacwood

<<247>> and as we smell this, this
wood that's just been chipped,

<<250>> it smells really smoky, but
it has a really sweet note

<<254>> to it, kind of smells like a
little bit of a touch of rose

<<257>> and I am so excited
for you to understand

<<259>> the benefits of
this amazing oil.