Hinoki is the Japanese cypress used to build temples, and the wood is famously long-lasting. The oil smells fresh, lemony and woody, led by alpha-pinene and sabinene with beta-eudesmol underneath. In lab tests it held back the fungi behind athlete's foot and other skin infections.^[1] Beta-eudesmol has calming effects in animal models. Forest bathing research is often cited alongside hinoki. That measured people walking in forests rather than using the oil, so it says nothing about the bottle.