Cinnamon bark brings the warm, sweet, spicy scent of fall and the holidays into a room. A drop or two in the diffuser is enough to make a kitchen or a living room feel like the season has turned. It's the scent people picture when they think of cinnamon at Christmas.
A CO2 extract holds on to more of the bark's aroma than a steam-distilled oil can. Supercritical carbon dioxide pulls the scent out at low heat, so it comes through rounder and fuller, closer to the spice itself. It's a small difference on paper and a clear one to the nose.
This cinnamon bark oil gives a perfumer a warm, diffusive spice that sits under citrus and over woods and resins. It carries a blend without taking it over, adding depth where a lighter spice would fade. A drop is plenty.
A single drop of cinnamon bark scents a whole room, so this is a careful oil, not a heavy pour. Because it's so strong, a bottle lasts, and you use it a drop at a time. That strength is the point of a good spice oil.
Cinnamon bark oil earns a place around the home as a natural, spicy insect deterrent. A few drops in a room spray tell ants and other crawlers to keep moving, a use some people put it to in warm climates. Used this way, it freshens the air at the same time.
Cinnamon bark is a strong oil that belongs in the diffuser, not on the skin, and we would rather say so. Treated as an oil for the air, it's easy to enjoy and easy to keep safe. That honesty is part of how we choose what we carry.
Cinnamon bark is strong, so start with the smallest amount in your diffuser's water and let the scent build. Run the diffuser for 30 to 60 minutes, then give the room a rest for as long, with some fresh air moving. Do not breathe it in directly for more than 15 to 20 minutes.
For a gentler way to scent a room, put a few drops of cinnamon bark on a reed diffuser, on pinecones or in a bowl of potpourri. It works slowly and evenly, which suits a strong, diffusive oil like this one. No heat and no water needed.
Cinnamon bark counts as a strong skin sensitizer, so we never use it neat. Dilute it as far as you can and patch test first, or reach for the Cinnamon Leaf we sell for anything you put on skin. Keep it out of the bath, where drops sit on the skin undiluted, and keep it out of reach of children.
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Method. Add the drops to your diffuser's water and run the blend for 30 to 60 minutes before airing the room. One cinnamon drop is plenty here, so set the orange and clove around it and switch it on.
Method. Blend the drops in your diffuser and let it run while you work. The cardamom keeps it fresh over the sweet orange, so let the cinnamon settle underneath and turn it on.
Method. Pour the water and solubilizer into a small spray bottle, then add the cinnamon bark and sweet orange. Shake it well before every use, and keep it off skin and away from children and pets. Mist a room, or wipe down the doorways and windowsills where ants come in.
Every size is the same oil. The larger the bottle, the lower the price per ml.
7 answers drawn from the product specification and our own use of this oil.
This is my 2nd order of Cinnamon CO2! I recently ordered a bottle but loved it so much that I came back to get a back up. I really should of bought a 30 ml bottle. Next purchase will be the 30 ml. This CO2 extracted Cinnamon Zeylanicum is so AMAZING with that fresh true potent cinnamon scent! I will never be without this oil!
Such a beautiful cinnamon aroma! So fresh and so perfect for the Fall and upcoming Winter season! A ++++++
Best cinnamon oil ever. Ran through our bottle within one week. Will be ordering more soon. Very strong but subtle. We are using it for diffusing and have created the perfect “bug”deterrent spray with this cinnamon as the main ingredient. The ants and cockroaches of Hawaii officially steer clear of this oil. Hooray. I haven’t found any cinnamon oil on the market that even comes close to topping this one. I love it and highly recommend it.
