Karna Oil

#### Karna. Various products, derived from the flowers of local **Citrus **varieties in Pakistan, are used as domestic perfume materials for cosmetic preparations. **Karna**** **products represent some of the most important perfume materials produced in Pakistan. They could be considered as equivalent to enfleurage products of orange flowers in Europe and Africa. The process of enfleurage is, however, not applied to orange flowers on a commercial scale in Europe or Africa. **Karna **flowers are extracted with various oil- containing seeds, e.g. rape seed, sarson seed, sesame seed, etc. Kept under pressure, the flowers release their odorous substances to the fixed oil in a process resembling the "infusion" in oils. **Karna**** ****Flowers**** **have been steam distilled experimentally to yield an essential oil. This oil is a pale green or olive-green, mobile liquid of fresh citrusy, somewhat bitter-leafy odor with a sweet and floral undertone. The odor resembles that of lemon petitgrain oil. **Karna**** ****Oil**** **is not yet available in commercial quantities outside of Pakistan and India. If it were made readily available, **Karna Oil **could find some application in European and American perfumery for colognes, floral fragrances (interesting topnote for muguet), aldehydic bases, ambres, etc. It blends well with citrus oils, lavender, labdanum, linalyl acetate, citronellol, heliotropine, and numerous other natural and synthetic materials.