Anyone use Hinoki essential oil?

[Cyril_UK]

Hi

I was wondering if anyone here uses Hinoki oil in an ultrasonic diffuser? I do personally, and it’s supposed to have positive benefits for your wellbeing.

 

[Woody girl]

What is hinoki oil? Never heard of it
, and I have a diffuser and use lots of different oils with my herbalist interests for many different things.

 

[Billy-o]

Do you feel it benefits you? I'll have to have a look into it. I like pine flavoured/scented anything. I have made a few batches of pine honey by steeping small green pine cones in sugar for a few months. It's lovely stuff, and the best ones have come from little, highly scented cypress cones

 

[Cyril_UK]

What is hinoki oil? Never heard of it
, and I have a diffuser and use lots of different oils with my herbalist interests for many different things

Hi, Its oil steam distilled from the wood and leaves of the Japanese hinoki cypress trees.

I believe they use it a lot in their temples for aroma, and also the wood for their buildings because it has insect repellent qualities. It looks like a conifer tree basically.

Do you feel it benefits you? I'll have to have a look into it. I like pine flavoured/scented anything. I have made a few batches of pine honey by steeping small green pine cones in sugar for a few months. It's lovely stuff, and the best ones have come from little, highly scented cypress cones

Yes, i think it does personally. I enjoy the smell of it while i relax and listen to music or a movie. It does smell piney.

You have to get the proper oil directly from Japan, otherwise it doesn’t smell the same, or last as long as what they use in the temples. Its quite expensive though.

 

[Woody girl]

Hi, Its oil steam distilled from the wood and leaves of the Japanese hinoki cypress trees.

I believe they use it a lot in their temples for aroma, and also the wood for their buildings because it has insect repellent qualities. It looks like a conifer tree basically.



Yes, i think it does personally. I enjoy the smell of it while i relax and listen to music or a movie. It does smell piney.

You have to get the proper oil directly from Japan, otherwise it doesn’t smell the same, or last as long as what they use in the temples. Its quite expensive though.

Thanks, sounds wonderful. I often have cedar and cypress leaves in the house to scent it. I do have to be careful with burning, or vapourising oils as some get on my chest and make me wheeze(being asthmatic)

 

[Nice65]

Never tried a diffuser or the Hinoki but it sounds lovely. I really like the scent of green Hojari Frankincense on a charcoal disc. It does especially well with a bit of Kenyan or Yemen myrrh to ground the high citrussy pine of the Hojari. I hadn't realised how much variation there is in these resins, I bought a little bag of Sultans Grade Green Hojari and that was amazing. Again, helped a lot to put a pinch of sandalwood powder or a chunk of Myrrh to soften it.

 

[Cyril_UK]

Never tried a diffuser or the Hinoki but it sounds lovely. I really like the scent of green Hojari Frankincense on a charcoal disc. It does especially well with a bit of Kenyan or Yemen myrrh to ground the high citrussy pine of the Hojari. I hadn't realised how much variation there is in these resins, I bought a little bag of Sultans Grade Green Hojari and that was amazing. Again, helped a lot to put a pinch of sandalwood powder or a chunk of Myrrh to soften it.

Hi, you can get them on Amazon for not much money (about £20 for a 500ml one with a remote) and I get the Hinoki from a Japanese seller on Etsy (Tomoekobo). I put about 10 drops into a 500ml diffuser, and it lasts for about 6-8 hours. A little bottle does last a while, but it’s still expensive and a bit of a luxury.

I never heard of the charcoal discs, that’s interesting. I will look into that, thanks.

 

[Nice65]

I never heard of the charcoal discs, that’s interesting.

The traditional method for burning incense must be to take a scoop of embers from the fire and put them in a bowl. When a white layer has formed the broken up resin is tossed in to give the same fragrant smoke that instantly reminds many of churches and cathedrals as that's where it's often burned to purify the space.

Charcoal discs are cheap as anything, light immediately from a flame and crackle until they're an even white on top, like a mini briquette. I have to bag my smoke alarms when I have a burn though.

Happy to send you a few and a selection of the drips of solidified frankincense and myrrh. Keeping the gold, obvs

 

[Cyril_UK]

Hi, that’s a very kind offer, thank you. However, I’ve read some reviews on Amazon for the charcoal discs that said they explode. I’m not sure I would want to risk that happening.

 

[Nice65]

Hi, that’s a very kind offer, thank you. However, I’ve read some reviews on Amazon for the charcoal discs that said they explode. I’m not sure I would want to risk that happening.

I’ve never had that happen in years of using them, they crackle a little bit while the saltpetre gets it going but that’s it. I use the cheap gold foil wrapped ones, about £5 for 30 discs. The texture (particle size) is fine, so they must be well mixed. Some of the shisha pipe ones look like they’re much coarser and I saw a couple of low review scores because they went out, suggesting poor mixing. Haven’t seen any exploding ones though.

 

[Billy-o]

It's the Li-ion ones that explode