Kanuka

Fresh, herbaceous, and tea-tree-adjacent. Kanuka (Kunzea ericoides) is manuka's gentler cousin — less medicinal, more herbaceous, with a clean, dry, almost camphorous freshness.
- Type
- Sirovina
- Olfactive family
- Cvetni
- Source
- flowers
- Chemical class
- complex natural (essential oil)
Miris
Detaljno
Dobijanje i hemija
Način dobijanja
Steam distillation of leaves and twigs of Kunzea ericoides. Oil yield approximately 0.3-0.6%. Primary components: alpha-pinene (40-70%), viridiflorol, 1,8-cineole. Production is based in New Zealand. The oil is commercially available from New Zealand essential oil producers.
- Formula
- Key compounds: α-pinene (C₁₀H₁₆), viridiflorol (C₁₅H₂₆O)
- CAS
- N/A — natural essential oil, complex mixture
- Botanički naziv
- Kunzea ericoides
- Izgled
- Colorless to pale yellow liquid
- Jačina mirisa
- Srednji
- Trajnost
- 200 hours
- Sinonimi
- New Zealand tea tree
No IFRA Standard for the material itself (51st Amendment)
- Relativna gustina
- 0.870 to 0.910 @ 20 °C
- Indeks prelamanja
- 1.465 to 1.485 @ 20 °C
- Nota
- Kunzea ericoides essential oil. Steam-distilled from leaves and twigs. Contains alpha-pinene (40-60%), viridiflorol, 1,8-cineole.
U parfemima
Kanuka is a top-to-heart note providing clean, herbaceous freshness. It functions as a milder alternative to tea tree or manuka — less aggressively medicinal, more suited to fine fragrance. Built from alpha-pinene, viridiflorol, and green-herbal elements. Useful in aromatic, clean, and New Zealand-themed compositions.