
Resinous, turpenic, cold-forest air. Scots pine smells like walking through a northern European conifer plantation -- needle-sharp, balsamic, with the clean bite of alpha-pinene.
- Type
- Sirovina
- Olfactive family
- Drvenasti
- Source
- wood
- Chemical class
- complex natural (essential oil)
Miris
Teroar i zrelost
Detaljno
Dobijanje i hemija
Način dobijanja
Steam distillation of needles and twigs of Pinus sylvestris. Oil yield approximately 0.2-0.5%. The oil is colourless to pale yellow with a strong, fresh, piney-balsamic odour. Major production in Russia, Scandinavia, and Austria.
- Formula
- Complex mixture — key components: alpha-Pinene (C₁₀H₁₆), delta-3-Carene (C₁₀H₁₆), beta-Pinene (C₁₀H₁₆)
- CAS
- 8023-99-2 (Scots pine essential oil)
- Botanički naziv
- Pinus sylvestris L. (Scots pine)
- Izgled
- Pale yellow to amber viscous liquid
- Jačina mirisa
- Srednji
- Sinonimi
- PINUS SYLVESTRIS PINE OIL SCOTS PINE
No IFRA Standard for the material itself (51st Amendment)
- Tačka paljenja
- ~38°C
- Relativna gustina
- 0.860–0.885 @ 25°C
- Indeks prelamanja
- 1.473–1.480 @ 20°C
U parfemima
Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) oil is the archetype of pine freshness: alpha-pinene (piney), delta-3-carene (sweet-turpenic), bornyl acetate (camphorous). Functions as a fresh, resinous top-to-heart note. Central to fougere, aromatic, and forest compositions. Regional chemotype variations (Scandinavian vs. southern European) offer subtle olfactory differences.