HO WOOD OIL 10%

Ho Wood Oil 10% is a diluted form of Ho Wood oil, a natural essential oil steam-distilled from the wood (and sometimes bark) of Cinnamomum camphora, the camphor tree. Specifically, it comes from trees of the linalool chemotype, often called Ho Sho, which is chemically and commercially distinct from the camphor-chemotype trees used for camphor oil and the cineole-chemotype trees used for ravintsara oil. Ho Wood oil is prized as one of the richest natural sources of linalool, often carrying linalool content well above eighty percent, and it emerged as a more sustainable, plantation-grown alternative once Brazilian rosewood, or bois de rose, became restricted due to overharvesting and endangered-species protections. Because the neat oil is so concentrated in a single dominant molecule, suppliers commonly standardize it into a 10% dilution in a carrier solvent, making it easier to weigh, dose, and blend precisely in small quantities within a formula. In character, it is soft, sweet, and floral-woody, echoing rosewood's delicate rosy-woody warmth but with its own slightly greener, more camphoraceous nuance. Perfumers use it as a top-to-heart note in floral, citrus-floral, cologne, and fougère-style accords, both to lend natural woody-floral roundness and as a working substitute for rosewood or as a general natural linalool source. As with any linalool-rich material, it is worth noting that linalool is a well-established fragrance allergen subject to labeling requirements in finished products. — researched, 2026-09-02.