Machilus Wood Oil

#### Machilus Oil. Machilus oil is distilled from the wood of **Machilus**** ****Kusanoi**, a Formosan tree of the genus Lauraceae. The oil is produced in Japan, occasionally in Formosa. The main constituent of this oil is **Eudesmol **(see also **Cryptomeria Japonica, Atractylis**** ****Concrète,**** ****Araucaria**** ****Oil,**** **etc.). The wood oil of machilus is amber-colored or pale olive-green, viscous or almost solid. The odor is slightly spicy-woody, tobacco-like or cigarbox-like, somewhat earthy, mild, but tenacious. There is some resemblance to the odor of araucaria, guaiacwood, atractylis, etc.; it is, however, milder and less peppery than the latter. **Machilus Wood Oil **could find use as a fixative in perfumes for soap, or to speak generally, where a woody fixative is called for. The oil blends well with oakmoss, ionones, linalool, cedarwood oils and cedarwood derivatives, sandalwood oil, citrus oils, clove oils, pine needle oils, coumarin, cinnamic alcohol, etc. Its limited availability may restrict its use to that of a local soap perfume fixative. An essential oil distilled from the leaves of the same tree and labelled **Hayata Oil **was submitted to the author. This oil was almost colorless, and its odor was strongly reminiscent of that of camphor oil (sassafras type), pine oil and pine needle oil. If available in larger quantities, the **Hayata**** ****Oil**** **or **Machilus**** ****Leaf**** ****Oil**** **could find use in soap perfumery, or as a source of **Safrole**, etc. **Hayata Oil **is produced in Formosa (irregularly) and on the Chinese mainland. The oil resembles **Hinoki Leaf Oil **in respect to odor (see **Chamaecyparis Obtusa **forma formosana) and the two oils are often confused in markets outside their countries of origin.