Ho Leaf Oil
Cinnamomum camphora
Odour
clean, sweet, floral-woody and delicate odor. There is little or no change in the odor during the evaporation on a perfume blotter, and the tenacity is only moderate. Rectified Ho Leaf Oil contains practically no camphor-like notes, and presents such a clean linalool fragrance that no other essential oil comes closer to the pure linalool odor than a rectified Ho Leaf Oil.
Blends well with
amyl salicylate
cinnamic alcohol
citronellol
cyclamen aldehyde
geraniol
hydroxycitronellal
ionones
lavandin oil
phenyl ethyl alcohol
See also
Used as a blend partner in
Notes
Acetylated Ho Leaf Oil is available in commercial quantities, and this product may replace linalyl acetate in soap perfumes, low-cost detergent fragrances, etc. Superior to any other natural starting material for isolation of Linalool and production of linalyl esters—and cheaper than any except lavandin oil.
Full Arctander text
#### Ho Leaf Oil.
This oil is steam distilled from the so-called **Ho-Sho **variety of the tree, **Cinnamomum**** ****Camphora **which is widely cultivated in Formosa, Japan, and, to a minor extent on the Chinese mainland. The leaves of the above tree can be stripped off once or twice a year without damaging the tree. The leaves of felled trees (for camphor oil production) can also be utilized. Thus, there is ample and inexpensive botanical material ready for the production of **Ho Leaf**** ****Oil. **Accordingly, the leaf oil is offered at a lower price than the **Wood Oil **(see **Ho Wood Oil),**** **and has become a potential competitor to the Brazilian bois de rose oil. Furthermore, **Ho Leaf**** ****Oil, **rectified or of a high grade, contains practically no camphor-like notes, and it presents such a clean linalool fragrance that no other essential oil comes closer to the pure linalool odor than a rectified **Ho Leaf **Oil.
The oil is practically colorless, and possesses a clean, sweet, floral-woody and delicate odor. There is little or no change in the odor during the evaporation on a perfume blotter, and the tenacity is only moderate.
**Ho Leaf Oil **can be used in high percentages in a multitude of perfume types: as a modifier, blender, sweetener, floralizer, or individual odor. It blends perfectly with phenyl ethyl alcohol,
cinnamic alcohol, amyl salicylate, citronellol, geraniol, ionones, hydroxycitronellal, cyclamen aldehyde, lavandin oil, etc., and its very low cost broadens the fields for its use beyond measure. For the isolation of **Linalool**, for the production of linalyl esters, it is superior to any other natural starting material—and cheaper than any except lavandin oil. It performs excellently in soaps where it may very well replace linalool (from bois de rose oil). “Acetylated” **Ho**** ****Leaf**** ****Oil**** **is available in commercial quantities, and this product may replace linalyl acetate in soap perfumes, low-cost detergent fragrances, etc.
The annual production of **Ho**** ****Leaf**** ****Oil**** **has surpassed the 100-ton-mark, and this oil may one day find its place among the “upper ten” essential oils with respect to quantity produced.