I recently lived in Taiwan for 4 years where I fell in love with Taiwan Cedar in incense form. In fact, I still have some left which I regularly burn as part of my spiritual practice. While living there, I would see the oil in the Buddhist supply shops, where they sell it in 10ml rollers in a slightly different form. However, every time I considering buying some, I was overwhelmed by the agarwood-esque notes, and would inevitably not purchase it despite the encouragement of the various vendors. When I saw this oil at NG, I decided to blind buy it, and I am so glad I did. While my initial reaction was the same, especially in the bottle, when diffused and used as a perfume oil, that agarwood notes fade a bit and the sweet, smoky incense notes take center stage. The first time I diffused it, I immediately felt transported to another place; it was like instant meditation. I see now what the Buddhist sellers were saying, lol, and they were right. While I still think the unique aroma of the wood when it is burning can’t be beat, I should have listened and bought the oil form way before now! I am now obsessed with the stuff and use it for either diffusion or on my skin daily. I find that as a perfume/anointing oil for meditation, that sesquiterpene intensity can be toned down a bit by adding Sandalwood or Muhuhu and even a touch of vanilla CO2 for sweetness. An oil I will almost certainly reorder in the future, and something I would strongly recommend for someone looking for a really unique and powerful spiritual oil.
