Japanese Cedarwood Oils

Essential Oil Limited Quantities

Odour

Cedarwood-like and pine-like raw materials.

See also

Notes

Group includes Hiba Oil, Hinoki Oil, and Sugi Oil as the three most important oils. Used primarily in Chinese and Japanese perfume industry.

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#### Cedarwood Oils, Japanese. Various essential oils, derived from Chinese and Japanese trees belonging to the genus cupressaceae, appear occasionally on the perfume market under the name of **Japanese**** ****Cedar**** **or **Japanese Cypress **oil. **Hiba**** ****Oil,**** ****Hinoki**** ****Oil**** **and **Sugi**** ****Oil**** **are three of the most important essential oils in this group. They constitute the cedarwood-like and pine-like raw materials for the Chinese and the Japanese perfume industry where they find use in soap perfumes, industrial perfumes, etc. **Hiba**** ****Oil**—see monograph on **Thujopsis**** ****Dolobrata**** **(var. hondai). **Hinoki**** ****Oil**—see **Chamaecyparis**** ****Obtusa**, root oil and leaf oil. **Sugi**** ****Oil**—see monograph on **Cryptomeria**** ****Japonica**.