Benzoin oil · deep nourishment · repair · moisturize

Benzoin Resinoid

Size 10ml · wild harvest

HK$ 54

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Aroma Profile

Vanilla / vanilla Balsamic Warm / warm

✦ Botanical ID

Botanical Name

Styrax tonkinensis

Family

Styracaceae / Styracaceae

Origin

France

Cultivation

wild harvest

Extraction

solvent extracted

Note

base note (fixative)

Key Constituents

Chemotype (CT): Benzoic Acid

Coniferyl Benzoate (coniferyl benzoate) 70%

*Main role: repair / moisturize

Benzoic Acid (benzoic acid) 15%

*Main role: ease / steady

Vanillin (vanillin) 1.5%

*Main role: sweet / ease

Safety Guide

Gentle & Mild. Thick texture is normal. Mild in nature. A thick texture is a normal physical property.

✦Benefits

Deep Moisture · care for dry cracks

A well-known “hand and foot care oil.” Benzoin resin films and nourishes well; it helps dry, flaking skin in depth. A fitting choice for winter hand and foot care and rough skin.

Warm Comfort · somewhere warm

A sweet, warm scent like vanilla, with a great sense of safety. When you feel lonely, lost or low, benzoin is like a warm embrace that soothes inner unease.

Respiratory Care · ease the breath

In the cold season, benzoin helps ease discomfort in the airways. Its warm nature, diffused, lets breathing feel smoother and steadier.

✦Daily Rituals

Hand Spa · velvet hands

Add1 dropMix benzoin into hand cream, lay it thick on both hands, and wear gloves for a warm 10 minutes. The hands come back soft at once.

Warm Bath · a warm bath

Add5 dropsDrop benzoin into milk and pour it into the bath. A sweet scent can let a whole day’s tiredness and cold go.

✦Aromatherapy Applications

Sweet Dreams · warm sleep

3 drops benzoin + 2 drops sweet orange + a wooden diffuser

Benzoin holds a scent very well. With sweet orange, it can make a bedroom as sweet and warm as “toffee.”

Skin Repair · deep nourishment

2 drops benzoin + 2 drops rosehip oil + 10ml jojoba oil

Especially suited to massage of very dry places such as heels and elbows. It can soften thickened skin markedly and ease cracks.

Comfort · company when alone

1 drop benzoin + 1 drop sandalwood + handkerchief or tissue

When you feel alone and without help, inhale this warm, thick breath deeply. Safety and a sense of being held come at once.