Blue Camphor Oil
Cinnamomum camphora · Lauraceae
Odour
Weak odor, but with fair masking effect and good fixative value. Consists mainly of sesquiterpenes and sesquiterpene alcohols.
See also
Notes
Heaviest fraction distilled in vacuum from crude camphor oil after camphor removal. Little importance in perfumery. Also used as drying solvent in porcelain paints.
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#### Camphor Oil, Blue.
This is the heaviest (=highest boiling) fraction, distilled in vacuum from the crude camphor oil from which the camphor has been removed. (See monographs on **Camphor Oil White,**** ****Camphor Oil Brown, and Camphor Oil "True"**).
Only a small part of the annually produced 50 tons (approx.) of this fraction is exported. The oil has little importance in perfumery, although it may serve locally for the perfuming of low-cost soaps, detergents, etc.
**Blue Camphor Oil **is a viscous, dark bluish- green or bluish-brown liquid. It consists mainly of sesquiterpenes and sesquiterpene alcohols of weak odor, but with fair masking effect and good fixative value. It finds some use as a drying solvent in porcelain paints. **Blue**** ****Camphor**** ****Oil**** **is produced in Formosa and Japan only.
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