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Turpentine

CAS
EC
Material type
natural essential oil
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

Usage guidance

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Cost
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Compatibility tags
forest-accordfougereindustrial-pinemasculine-woody
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
woody
Note tendency
Base
Descriptors
woodyresinouspine

Sharp, pungent pine and terpene character with a raw, resinous edge reminiscent of freshly cut conifer wood and solvent. Opens loud and volatile with a camphor-like coolness, drying down to a lighter woody-balsamic pine note.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
7 / 10
Tenacity
2 / 10
Volatility
9 / 10
naturals · No. 410

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 384.

steam distillation
pine
Odor

Turpentine oil is almost odorless and viscous, with a faint odor of 'pine derivative' that limits its use to pine fragrances and woody notes.

Uses in perfumery

Turpentine is not used in perfumery, but derivatives of rosin are used as fixatives in certain types of perfume.

Production

Turpentine is tapped from pines by simple methods, and about one-sixth of the weight of the natural oleoresin distills with the water as turpentine oil.

Identity
Aliases · 2
Larch TurpentineTurpentine Oil
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