Templin Oil

#### Templin Oil. See also **Abies**** ****Alba**** ****Oil**. By water distillation or steam distillation of the crushed cones of the European "**Silver Fir",**** ****Abies**** ****Alba**, an essential oil is produced which is different from that of the leaves and twigs of this tree (see **Abies Alba Oil**). The cones consist of seeds with a heavy protective tissue. The seeds contain the **Templin**** ****Oil**. The trees grow wild, and there is a certain limit to the amount of cones that can be collected. The oil is regularly produced in Austria, Switzerland, Germany and Yugoslavia, but only on a very modest scale. Annual production fluctuates between 2 and 10 metric tons. **Templin**** ****Oil**** **is an almost water-white, mobile liquid of fresh and sweet odor, at the same time reminiscent of pine needles, balsam and sweet orange oil. The woody undertone could almost be said to resemble bitter orange oil. It is used as a "freshener" in colognes, fougères, "leather" notes, ambers and, above all, in better pine fragrances for room sprays, bath oils, etc. A peculiar application is as a corrective agent in "artificial" Siberian pine needle oils. Templin oil has an extraordinarily high laevorotation which is useful in the reproduction of all the correct "specifications" (physical data) for Siberian pine needle oil. Although one of the "low-ester" pine type oils, the oil of **Templin**** **is quite interesting, and good oils can introduce very pleasant effects in perfumes. Its poor solubility in alcohol is a drawback for its use in fougère-colognes, lotions, after-shave perfumes, etc. where its fragrance is truly at home. **Thuja Plicata Oil**. "**Pacific**** ****Thuja**" oil: Two different essential oils are produced from this tree. - **Wood Oil**: Although not a regularly produced or commercially available essential oil, the oil of American "**Western Red Cedar Heartwood**" deserves some attention. Through Scandinavian and American research, it has been found that this oil contains quite interesting chemicals. At this point, it should also be mentioned that the oil is poisonous, due to the presence of a ketone, gamma-**Thujaplicin**. It should be remembered that another oil from a tree of the family Cupressaceae, savin oil, is also toxic. **Thuja**** ****Plicata**** ****Wood**** ****Oil**** **can be produced by steam distillation of the heartwood of this tree. Among the interesting constituents of this oil is **Methyl Thujate**, a crystalline material which has a fresh, sweet and green-woody odor, great power and richness of fragrance, and apparently a versatile field of application. Those interested in further scientific data should consult Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 1952*, *vol. 6, pages 690 and 854*, *(and possible later publications by Herr J. Gripenberg). It is stated in these publications that the material was once thought to be methyl dehydroperillate, but it has been clearly determined to be the methyl ester of 4,4-dimethyl-cyclohepta- 2,5,7-triene-1-carboxylic acid (and this acid is not identical with the so-called dehydroperillic acid). ##### Leaf-and-twig Oil: A distillation of leaves and twigs of this tree gives an even better yield than the heartwood. Once produced in tens of tons annually in the northwestern U.S.A., the oil is now a rarity and is not regularly available. **Thuja Plicata Leaf Oil **is a pale yellow to almost colorless, mobile liquid of strong, Dalmatian-sage and bitter-fennel-like odor, terpeney and camphoraceous with a sweet- woody undertone. A powerful masking agent, this oil can not compete with the so-called "thuja oil" (see monograph on **Cedarleaf Oil**). The odor of the former is cruder, harsher, and its availability is uncertain. However, the oil is, occasionally, offered as **Thuja Oil **(true).