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Relaxing, pain-relieving, healing. Benzoin essential oil has a sweet, cinnamon-vanilla scent that calms your nerves and relaxes your muscles. It's excellent for easing chest congestion (also asthma, bronchitis and coughs) - ideal for sleep-inducing cold remedies.
Scents to Sniff. Perhaps one of the most unusual uses of benzoin is in Etat Libre dâOrangeâs Archives 69. Instead of being coupled with warm spices and resins the benzoin in this odd perfume is blended with cool metallic notes, berries, pepper and o-zone to create the alien smell of ice-cold animal fur. Strange and shocking, Archives 69 is a must try for those who like a challenge.