Benzoin essential oil

Styrax tonkinensis

Nhựa bồ đề · Styracaceae

Sweet, warm, close to vanilla and almond, with a soft resinous layer underneath. It is gentle and round, without a single edge.

This is Siam benzoin, the resin of the benzoin tree that grows in the mountains of northern Vietnam. It is not distilled; the resin is dissolved in a solvent, so the product is a thick syrup rather than a liquid essential oil.

In blending it is rarely the main character. It slows down fast-evaporating smells and adds a warm sweetness at the base. Vietnam is one of the few places this resin comes from, even though most Vietnamese people have never heard its name.

Plant part: Resin
Method: Solvent extraction
Vietnamese name: Nhựa bồ đề
Scent family: Gourmand
Plant family: Styracaceae
Lots published: —

Published lots

No lots yet. When the first lot arrives, its GC/MS analysis will be published here — unedited, with the lot number printed on the bottle label.

Buy Benzoin

This oil is in the catalogue but no lot has been brought in, so it is not on sale yet. Message us if you need it — what we stock next depends on what buyers ask for.

Elsewhere in the catalogue

No lot of this oil yet. The oils below are close to it botanically or in how they are extracted — some of them already have lots.

Also from the resin Copaiba · Elemi · Frankincense sacra · Labdanum · Myrrh · Opopanax

Same method: solvent extraction Jasmine sambac · Labdanum · Night jasmine · Pomelo blossom · Rose absolute · Vanilla