Douglas Fir Needles Oil
Pseudotsuga taxifolia · Pinaceae
Odour
Very rich, woody-balsamic, sweet pine-needle type odor. Main characteristic is softness and sweetness, very rich bodynote and great odor tenacity which is exceptional for a pine needle oil. Oils from various sources show quite wide differences in odor.
See also
Notes
Not regularly produced. Would make a good supplement to Siberian pine needle oil and would perform better in soap and products where a natural fixative is essential. Not regularly available in sufficient quantities.
Full Arctander text
#### Douglas Fir Needles Oil.
The essential oil from the leaves (needles) of the "**Douglas**** ****Fir**" or "**Oregon**** ****Fir**" (see Oregon Balsam) is briefly mentioned in this work, although the oil is not regularly produced.
The tree, **Pseudotsuga**** ****Taxifolia**, is not only very abundant in the northwestern United States but it has been introduced in many European countries for its useful lumber. Accordingly, there is ample leaf material at hand whenever a distillation may seem interesting enough for the lumber mills.
**Douglas**** ****Fir**** ****Needles**** ****Oil**** **is a pale yellow liquid of very rich, woody-balsamic, sweet pine-needle type odor. Oils from various sources show quite wide differences in odor, but the main characteristic seems to be a softness and a sweetness, a very rich bodynote and a great odor tenacity which is exceptional for a "pine needle oil".
The oil could find use in all kinds of pine fragrances and it would make a good supplement to the so-called Siberian pine needle oil which regularly floods the market but in most cases never saw Siberia. **Douglas**** ****Fir**** ****Needles**** ****Oil**** **would undoubtedly perform better in soap and in other products where a natural fixative is essential.
Unfortunately, the oil **of**** ****Douglas**** ****Fir**** ****Needles**** **is not regularly available in quantities sufficient to attract the interest of the soap perfume manufacturers.