Kauri-Copal Oil

#### Kauri-Copal. A number of conifers in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific islands are exploited for their natural resins. The **Kauri-Copal **is a natural oleoresin exuded from **Agathis Australis**, a conifer from New Zealand. Upon steam distillation of this oleo-resin, an essential oil is produced, known as **Kauri-Copal Oil**. A similar oil is produced by direct (dry) distillation of the natural oleo-resin. The two oils are pale yellow liquids of fresh, lemon-terpene-like odor. These oils are probably not used in perfumes or flavors at all, but they present by their mere presence a certain hazard of contamination and adulteration of other essential oils. Another essential oil is produced by steam distillation of the leaves and twigs from the same tree (**Agathis Australis**). This oil is hardly used, if used at all, in perfumes or flavors.