Louro Brasileiro Oil
Louro Brasileiro · Lauraceae
Odour
Dry and woody with a brief, oily-green, almost cuminic topnote. The dryout of this tenacious odor is faintly cedar-cubeb-like. Can be used as a blender in general, and contributes very little odor to the perfumes in which it is incorporated.
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Notes
Rarely offered outside Brazil. Production could easily be increased to meet demand, but unlikely to gain interest in large-scale perfumery outside Brazil due to rather uninteresting odor.
Full Arctander text
#### Louro Brasileiro.
Among a wealth of trees belonging to the family of Lauraceae in South America, **Louro**** ****Brasileiro**** **and **Louro**** ****Nhamuy**** **(see following monograph) may possibly have some future in the perfumery field. **Louro Brasileiro **is a tree whose wood is steam distilled to yield an essential oil of some local interest to the Brazilian soap perfumery market. The oil is rarely, if ever, offered outside Brazil. Production could easily be increased to meet almost any demand, but it seems inconceivable that this oil will ever attain much interest in large scale perfumery outside its country of origin.
Oil of **Louro**** ****Brasileiro**** **is a pale yellow or almost colorless, somewhat viscous liquid. Its odor is dry and woody with a brief, oily-green, almost cuminic topnote. The dryout of this tenacious odor is faintly cedar-cubeb-like. It can be used as a blender in general, and it contributes very little odor to the perfumes in which it is incorporated. In view of its rather uninteresting odor, it is not likely that this oil will find many enthousiasts outside of Brazil. The annual production is at present less than 5 metric tons.