DESCRIPTION

Bois de Rose Oil occurs as a colorless to pale yellow liquid with a slightly camphoraceous, pleasant, floral odor. It is the volatile oil obtained by steam distillation from the chipped wood of Aniba rosaeodora var. amazonica Ducke (Fam. Lauraceae). The oils from the coastal region of Brazil and the Amazon valley tend to differ in odor and in linalool content from that produced in the Loreto province of Peru. It is soluble in most fixed oils and in propylene glycol. It is soluble in mineral oil, occasionally with turbidity, but it is only slightly soluble in glycerin.