Huile essentielle de bois de hinoki
Hinoki oil

Ingredients · Woods · heart note

Hinoki oil

Say ithih-NOH-kee oil

Fresh lemony-woody, clean pine-cedar with a bright, bath-like airiness.

What it is
Natural oil from wood of Chamaecyparis obtusa.
Where it comes from
Japan and Taiwan
When you smell it
Heart: as it settles.
What perfumers do with it
Adds clean, airy, Japanese-style woodiness to fresh woody, citrus and aromatic compositions.
Worth knowing
Hinoki is the traditional wood of Japanese soaking tubs and Shinto shrines, prized for its scent and rot resistance.
Also called
Japanese cypress wood oil; Chamaecyparis obtusa

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