# Ho Wood (Shui)

> Ho wood, distilled in China from organically grown wood and bark: soft, woody and floral, nearly pure natural linalool, and softly reminiscent of rosewood.

Price: 15.00 USD · in stock

## About
A comforting scent for the end of the day: soft, woody, floral and gentle, the kind that makes a room feel lamp-lit. Shui, or ho wood as it is known in the US, is the world's greatest source of natural linalool, and this specimen is 98.66% linalool, with traces of limonene, myrcene and gamma-terpinene.It is distilled in China from organically grown wood and bark, then rectified. Some call it an aromatic substitute for rosewood; it is certainly reminiscent of it, and it is said to come from a renewable resource, without the environmental damage that makes rosewood a less than ideal choice.DetailsBotanical name: Cinnamomum camphora Sieb. var. linaloolifera FujitaOrigin: China, organically grown wood and barkMethod: distilled, rectifiedBlends with: bergamot, basil, cajeput, cedarwood, the chamomiles, geranium, lavender, sandalwood, ylang ylangShelf life: about 2 to 3 years after openingHow to useDiffuse it in the evening, or blend it with lavender or sandalwood. Robert Tisserand sees no need to limit dosage, but ho wood may be a moderate skin irritant, so dilute it well before it touches the skin. Store it in the dark, refrigerated, and decant half-full bottles into smaller, full ones.Bring home a gentle wood for the hour when the lamps come on.