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Strange Object: The Vas Wood Diffuser
This turned wooden object is by Norway's Vörda
I find this object attractive, but extremely peculiar. The Vas Wood Diffuser, by Norwegian aromatherapy company Vörda, is like an inverted, turned wooden chalice made from Hinoki (a type of Cypress found in Japan).
Apparently you use it as a storage lid for a jar of essential oil, which you occasionally squirt into the shallow bowl at the top:
The wood absorbs the oil, and the scent reportedly hangs around for 8 hours or so.
I'm not part of this essential oils world so it all seems very strange to me, but I suppose people like their rituals.
I think if I hadn't found the link to buy one of these, I'd have assumed this was a design student project.
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Wood hangs on to scents from oils and anything else that it can absorb for a long time. Here in my workshop we have a block og ceder treated with lemon scented bees wax. It gives off a mild fresh aroma. Some of the treatments we have looked at on the kitchens I work on have been rejected because of the smell that lingers. I think many of us who grew up with a wooden hut, shed or play-house in wood have chilldhood memories of that particular smell associated with those places. I appreciate this article, I just got new inspiration for another object I can turn myself.