How do I use myrrh oil for its aroma?

June 22, 2017 9:23 AM

I'd like to use myrrh oil in an oil burner for its aroma during meditation and for scenting a room, but I'm not sure the best way to go about it. Should I use 100% for these purposes?

If you recommend a diffuser instead, or other methods of scenting a room, I'm interested in any of that advice as well.

posted by millions to Home & Garden (2 answers total)

I would think a diffuser (the kind that uses ultrasonic to create mist) would make a more pleasant and true scent than burning the oil.

If you do burn it, I'd use the myrrh to scent some kind of lamp oil. Straight myrrh oil might not burn clean, plus it would be expensive.
posted by ottereroticist at 9:29 AM on June 22, 2017 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: With the other oils I've used in my burner, I typically dilute a few drops in distilled water, and this gets heated up: I believe it simply vaporizes the oil. Maybe "oil burner" isn't the correct term, but I don't know of any other.
posted by millions at 9:41 AM on June 22, 2017