A common herbal ingredient in both perfumes and natural insect repellent, cedarwood acts as both an attracting agent and a repelling agent. The fragrance of cedarwood provides a woody smell somewhat like that of balsa wood. It has a pleasant earthy aroma and is added to many perfumes as a base ingredient to give balance to an otherwise floral fragrance. As it provides a pleasant smell to the body, its properties as an attracting agent are self-explanatory.
Moths and other insects, however, find the odor very unpleasant and shy away from areas that contain even a hint of cedarwood in the air. For these reasons, using cedarwood in a vaporizer in your home provides a double sided benefit.
Placing cedarwood in a room vaporizer creates a fresh, woodsy smell with a faint aroma that can be likened to that of sandalwood, a common fragrance used in many varieties of incense and potpourri. Most find that using a small amount of cedarwood in the vaporizer is most desirable as this creates a subtle aroma.
The smell of cedarwood can be quite potent if too much of it is used but a trace amount adds a nice, clean freshness to the air. Essential oil of cedarwood can be found in varying concentrations, so be sure to check the density of cedarwood in the oil before you use it in a vaporizer.
Cedarwood has long been used as an active ingredient in many natural insect repellents. For this reason, it is good practice if you live in an area that is highly populated with insects such as fleas to use cedarwood in a room vaporizer to keep these types of insects from gathering and breeding in your home.
Particularly if you have pets, the cedarwood vapor from a room vaporizer can help to prevent the spread of fleas in your home on your furniture, in beds, and in carpets. A highly concentrated dose of cedarwood in a vaporizer acts as a natural repellent to pesky insects and they will not gather where the odor of the natural plant is present.
As a repellent, cedarwood acts as an excellent deterrent for moths in closets, drawers and wardrobes. You can simply place a vaporizer containing essential oils of cedarwood in the areas where there might be a concern for colonies of moths, and saturate the area with vapor of cedarwood. This protects clothing and linens from damage caused by moths feeding and nesting in your materials.
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Fay Porinsky has received many awards in the field of aromatherapy. She has lead many lectures for herbal vaporizer meetings on the Volcano Vaporizer and the Extreme Vaporizer and has written over five novels on the benefits of the Extreme Vaporizer. http://www.vapeworld.com/
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