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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: the first hours.

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