Cedar Oil?

dox47 · 10-19-2009, 03:31 PM

I got a brainstorm when I saw some in the aromatherapy rack at the health food store the other day, so I'm running a little experiment in humidor "cedaring". I got a bundle of decent if slightly bland Value Line Dominican Panatellas, and after smoking a few to get a baseline, 5 of them are now resting in a sealed box inside my humi with a little bowl containing some humi-gel with a few drops of cedar oil added. I plan on smoking them at intervals head to head with the conventionally stored sticks to see if the extra cedar made any noticeable difference, and if so whether it's a desirable one. I'm not looking to make Acid style infused sticks here, but more interested to see if I can come up with a sort of speed aging hack for inexpensive sticks. I'll post updates as I smoke the "improved" sticks, they've been in there about a week now.

On a side note, I got further inspired by the oil and made sort of a mini diffuser type contraption to put in my closet, now THAT has been a smashing success. All my coats now have a pleasant, very light cedar scent on them, and I know they will stay moth free.

10-19-2009, 03:31 PM	#1
dox47 Mad Machinist Join Date: Aug 2009 First Name: Vince Location: Seattle(ish) Posts: 30 Trading: (0)	Cedar Oil? I got a brainstorm when I saw some in the aromatherapy rack at the health food store the other day, so I'm running a little experiment in humidor "cedaring". I got a bundle of decent if slightly bland Value Line Dominican Panatellas, and after smoking a few to get a baseline, 5 of them are now resting in a sealed box inside my humi with a little bowl containing some humi-gel with a few drops of cedar oil added. I plan on smoking them at intervals head to head with the conventionally stored sticks to see if the extra cedar made any noticeable difference, and if so whether it's a desirable one. I'm not looking to make Acid style infused sticks here, but more interested to see if I can come up with a sort of speed aging hack for inexpensive sticks. I'll post updates as I smoke the "improved" sticks, they've been in there about a week now. On a side note, I got further inspired by the oil and made sort of a mini diffuser type contraption to put in my closet, now THAT has been a smashing success. All my coats now have a pleasant, very light cedar scent on them, and I know they will stay moth free.