Calms and soothes mood also supports meditation practice the scents of sandalwood frankincense and myrrh are used in both eastern and western traditions to support meditation practice to inspire a mood of reverence and calm centeredness cedarwood sharpens the mind and the citrus essential oils of mandarin and litsea cubeba create a cheerful sense of peaceful awareness they use the base note essential oils derived from the bark of the cedarwood and sandalwood trees and co2 extracts f