Savin Oil

#### Savin Oil. This oil is steam distilled from the twigs with leaves of a wild growing small tree or bush from Central Europe, the **Juniperus**** ****Sabina**. Distillation takes place mainly in Austria (Tirol). Irregular lots of oil come from France and Yugoslavia. In France only little, if any, true savin oil is produced. Other species of **Juniperus **are used in the distillation, yielding oils of entirely different odor. **Savin Oil **is a pale yellow or pale olive-greenish to almost colorless, oily liquid which becomes more viscous upon ageing. The odor is quite unique, very unpleasant, nauseating but also slightly reminiscent of juniperberry oil and cypress oil. The initial unpleasant notes could remind one of the odor of wormseed oil, while the undertone is more camphoraceous and turpentine-like. The taste is bitter, repulsive, camphoraceous- medicinal. The oil is banned from sale to the public in many countries, due to its toxic effects (nerve poison and blood circulation stimulant). It is conceivable that this oil will disappear slowly from the market, and the very rare examples of its application in perfumery (pine fragrances, oakmoss bases, woody and peppery effects, etc.) may easily find replacements among other perfume materials. **Savin Oil **is characterized by its high content of high-boiling constituents and the nearby absence of the common, low-boiling "pine"-type monoterpenes. Thus, the oil would find a place among fixatives if it were not for the above significant drawbacks.