Element Essential Oil Blend

Rooted in traditional Chinese medicine, homework's essential oil blends embody the natural world. Vegan & cruelty-free with 100% natural, pure essential oils. Not for topical use. 

Metal: Wood, Citrus, Metal, Pepper

Top notes: Lime, Mandarin
Middle notes: Bay leaf, Pink Pepper, Tobacco
Base notes: Teakwood, Ho wood, Vetiver, Chinese Cedar

Wood: Smoke, Wood, Spice, Citrus

Top notes: Blood Orange, Hiba
Middle notes: Clove, Coriander
Base notes: Sandalwood, Patchouli, Amber, Cade, Chinese Cedar

Water: Citrus, Water, Wood, Spice

Top notes: Bergamot, Neroli, Petitgrain
Middle notes: Rain, Lotus, Caraway
Base notes: Chinese cedar

Fire: Smoke, Wood, Spice, Citrus

Top notes: Blood Orange, Hiba
Middle notes: Clove, Coriander
Base notes: Sandalwood, Patchouli, Amber, Cade, Chinese Cedar

Earth: Floral, Earth, Spice, Musk

Top notes: Fir needle, Elemi
Middle notes: Rose, Geranium, Cardamom, Clove Bud, Black Pepper
Base notes: Musk, Chinese cedar, Patchouli

homework is a sensory studio rooted in balance — where design, nature, and heritage come together to create harmony in everyday rituals. Inspired by the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine, homework’s products are crafted to support well-being through scent, seasonality, and a deep respect for the natural world.

Drawing on elements like water, fire, wood, and earth, homework creates products in alignment with nature’s rhythms, using responsibly sourced ingredients and small-batch production methods.

Trim wick to 5mm before each use. Allow candle to burn to the edge on first use to prevent tunneling.

Metal

Cupressus Funebris oil (Cedarwood), Pimenta Racemosa leaf oil (Bay Leaf), Cinnamomum Camphora bark oil (Camphor), Vetiveria Zizanoides root oil (Vetiver), Schinus Molle oil (Pink pepper), Citrus Nobilis peel oil (Mandarin), Amyris Balsamifera oil (Sandalwood), Citrus Aurantifolia peel oil (Lime), Myrocarpus Fastigiatus oil (Cabreuva)

Wood

Pinus Sylvestris oil (Pine), Cupressus Funebris oil (Cedarwood), Cinnamomum Camphora leaf oil (Camphor), Pogostemon Cablin oil (Patchouli), Vetiveria Zizanoides root oil (Vetiver), Salvia Sclarea oil (Clary Sage), Cupressus Sempervirens oil (Cypress), Chamaecyparis Obtusa oil (Hinoki)

Water

Cupressus Funebris oil (Cedarwood), Citrus Bergamia peel oil (Bergamot), Citrus Aurantium Amara flower oil (Neroli), Carum Carvi oil (Caraway), Citrus Aurantium Amara Leaf/Twig Oil (Petitgrain), Ocimum Basilicum oil (Basil), Citrus Aurantifolia peel oil (Lime), Petroselinum Sativum oil (Parsley Seed)

Fire 

Cupressus Funebris oil (Cedarwood), Amyris Balsamifera oil (Sandalwood), Cinnamomum Camphora bark oil (Camphor), Pogostemon Cablin oil (Patchouli), Syzygium Aromaticum oil (Clove), Coriandrum Sativum oil (Coriander), Citrus Sinensis peel oil (Orange), Juniperus Oxycedrus oil (Cade), Thujopsis Dolabrata oil (Hibawood)

Earth

Cupressus Funebris oil (Cedarwood), Pelargonium Graveolens oil (Geranium), Elettaria Cardamomum oil (Cardamom), Pogostemon Cablin oil (Patchouli), Piper Nigrum oil (Black Pepper), Abies Siberica needle oil (Siberian Fir), Lavandula Officinalis oil (Lavendar), Canarium Luzonicum oil (Elemi)

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Rest of the World
0kg - 0.5kg: £12.82. International 1st Class Signed For*
0.5kg - 1kg: £16.41. International 1st Class Signed For*
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