Jack Pine

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About

Steam-distilled needle oil of jack pine. Resinous and dry-woody like the other pines, with a green-herbal and citrus lift that its sellers say the common pine oils do not have.

Scent Profile

Jack Pine smells resinous first, fresh and highly resinous like other pine oils. A deep, woody pine-forest scent sits just under it. A green, herbal freshness runs through the needle oil. A citrus lift, sweet and slightly bright, sits on top, the one thing sellers say ordinary pine oils do not have.

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EnvelopeHeart · ~4h lasting

Family Amber · Musk · Leather, Woody & Earthy, Green & Aromatic

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Origin

Jack pine is Pinus banksiana, a small conifer of the Canadian boreal forest and the northern United States. The oil is steam-distilled from the needles and twigs. BoreA SENS sell it as pin gris and publish the composition as alpha-pinene 45-60%, beta-pinene 8-14%, bornyl acetate 4-10%, delta-3-carene 4-10% and camphene 1-6%. They describe the oil itself as pale yellow to greenish.

Usage in Perfumery

A heart note for conifer and forest accords. Luminescents rate its aroma strength as strong, and say so by comparison: stronger than Scotch pine. So it carries further than the pine oil it would replace. Its citrus and green-herb top lets it sit under a citrus opening without a seam, which is the reason to reach for it rather than plain pine.