Ulex Europaeus

#### Ulex Europaeus. This is a plant or small shrub of the family Leguminosae, and it is known in various parts of Europe under the name of **Gorse**** **(England), **Ajonc**** **(France), **Gaspeldoorn**** **(Holland), and other names, often referring to the thorny leaves of the plant. Perfume materials derived from the creamy or yellowish colored flowers of this plant are not commercially available, but several attempts have been made in order to start a regular production of an essential oil or an absolute from ulex europaeus. For samples and detailed information, the author is indebted to Mr. Henry A. Kobus, pharmacist and perfumer in England. Mr. Kobus has produced various materials from the flowers of **Ulex Europaeus**: - An absolute, extracted by petroleum ether, then alcohol-washed. - An essential oil, steam distilled from the flowers. The oil has a very delicate, woody-rosy odor of the clary sage—tobacco type, clean and fresh with a sweet undertone reminiscent of high-quality tea leaves, verbena and zdravetz oil. Since the shrub grows on extremely poor soil only, it would seem to be a good idea to exploit this sturdy plant in the perfume industry. If made available in attractive quantities, the oil or the absolute would certainly find enthousiastic perfumers who could utilize the pleasant and interesting notes in modern-aldehydic fantasy fragrances, citrus colognes, "men's fragrances", muguet bases, ambre bases, new mown hay bases and other floral and non-floral bases, fresh perfume types, etc. The oil blends well with fougère bases, linalool, citrus oils, lavender, clary sage, mimosa, geraniol, ionones, nerol,. phenylethyl alcohol, etc. ---