Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 289.
Olibanum Oil is a mobile liquid, pale yellow or pale amber-greenish in color.
Its odor is strongly diffusive, fresh-terpeney, almost green-lemon-like or reminiscent of green, unripe apples (peel), but not terebinthinate. A certain pepperiness is mellowed with a rich, sweet-woody, balsamic undertone. Depending upon the method of distillation of the oil (time, vapor pressure, etc.) the odor is more or less tenacious with an almost cistus-like, ambre-type, balsamic dryout note.
Olibanum Oil is used in fine perfumery for the notes described above and in the monograph on olibanum absolute. It gives delightful effects in citrus colognes where it modifies the sweetness of bergamot and orange oils. A similar effect is obtained in the rather difficult 'fresh' perfume notes such as verbena, citrus, etc. where olibanum and citral form useful bases for further modifying work. Olibanum oil in itself is a base for all the 'incense' or 'olibanum' type perfumes and specialties, and it is an important ingredient in many Oriental bases, ambres, 'powder' type perfumes, floral perfumes, citrus colognes, spice blends, violet perfumes, 'men’s fragrances', etc.
An essential oil is obtained in a good yield by steam distillation of the crude botanical material.
Restricted IFRA-standard materials typically present in this NCS at the listed concentrations.
| Constituent | CAS | Typical % |
|---|---|---|
| 76231-76-0; 1125-12-8 | 76231-76-0; 1125-12-8 | 0.5% |
| beta-Thujone | 471-15-8 | 0.2% |
| Thujone | 546-80-5 | 0.1% |