"Cedarwood Atlas" - almost sounds like a Marvel Comics superhero. But it's really (as it's day job) a big pine tree from the Atlas Mountains in Northern Africa. They say both the ancient Egyptians and Greeks used the oil for embalming and perfumery (somehow putting those uses together seems...unsettling?). It's supposed to be great for skin. The essentail oil has a subtle sweet, woody aroma and very slight artificial mothball smell and sure enough, the wood has been used for linen chests for eons -- but it is different from the red cedar tree we generally think of for cedar closets. It blends well with rosemary, bergamot, clary sage, Eucalyptus and Citrus Oils. One of those subtle aromas that's hard to put a finger on -- but you notice it when it's missing.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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