Geranium Oils

#### Geranium Oils, Various. ##### France: Very little, if any, geranium oil is produced from the plants cultivated in the south of France today. Occasionally imported lots of oil are distilled over roses to yield the so-called **"Geranium**** ****sur**** ****Roses**** **—de Grasse". This product, which is not an essential oil according to our definitions, serves certain perfumery purposes. It offers a rich and very sweet-rosy base for rose perfumes, muguet bases, carnation modifications, etc., but the user of this material is limited in his choice of suppliers in order to obtain the same proportion of rose and geranium in this co-distilled oil. Similar codistillations are common with: Sandalwood-rose, benzyl acetate—jasmin, petitgrain oil—orange flowers, etc. and e.g. the Indian "attars". **Corsica**: Insignificant amounts of geranium oil are produced here. **Italy**: The production mainly serves the local market which is far from saturated by the local production. **Spain**: Similar to Italy. **Japan: **The production in *1958 *was 3 metric tons which is far from sufficient for the local consumption. Recent import figures show an annual import of 15 to 20 metric tons to Japan. **El**** ****Salvador**: A French perfume house has established a firm interest among local farmers in the cultivation of geranium, and they expect to produce from 20 to 50 metric tons of geranium oil annually. The oil has *not *yet been marketed as **Salvador Geranium Oil.** **Haiti**: The production is insignificant. Political disturbances have greatly impaired the interest in perfume oil production. **U.S.S.R.:**** **According to the author's knowledge, geranium oil is not exported from the U.S.S.R., although it is estimated that the annual production is far in excess of 20 metric tons, perhaps over 50 tons. **India**: This country produces small quantities of geranium oil for local consumption. The production does not cover more than a fraction of the needs of the Indian soap and perfume industry.