Evoulimba Oil

#### Evoulimba Oil. For those who are familiar with the Swahili language, it can hardly be a secret that this oil must be produced somewhere in an area where eucalyptus trees grow ("evoulimba" eucalyptus tree) and where the Swahili is spoken. This kind of detective work leaves us with only two possibilities: **Eucalyptus**** ****Numerosa**** ****"Type"**** **and **Eucalyptus**** ****Dives**** ****"Type".**** **The two oils are almost identical in chemical composition and they present great odor similarity. **Evoulimba Oil **is steam distilled from the leaves of **Eucalyptus Dives "Type" **in the eastern Belgian Congo. The oil was once used as a topnote ingredient in a comparatively fashionable perfume. Consequently, a number of competitive perfume houses started an investigation in order to identify the "new and unknown" material which gave such an unusual effect in this perfume. The French supply house managed to keep the origin and the identity of the material quite secret for many years, although it should seem quite tempting to draw conclusions from the "native" name of the oil. **Evoulimba Oil **is a pale yellow, mobile liquid of strong peppery-terpeney odor. reminiscent of dillweed and elemi, and with a camphoraceous phellandrene-like dryout note, not exactly pleasant. The odor bears some resemblance to that of **Balsamite**. To the author's knowledge, eucalyptus dives "type" oil is no more distilled in Belgian Congo. However, the **Numerosa**** **oil is available from the Union of South Africa. A production of Dives oil can be recommenced in Belgian Congo with short notice. In view of its peculiar odor, the oil of **Evoulimba**** **may not ever become a common perfume material. See monograph on **Eucalyptus**** ****Dives**.