DESCRIPTION

Fir Needle Oil, Canadian Type, occurs as a colorless to faintly yellow liquid with a pleasant, balsamic odor. It is the volatile oil obtained by steam distillation from needles and twigs of Abies balsamea L., Mill (Fam. Pinaceae). It is soluble in most fixed oils and in mineral oil. It is slightly soluble in propylene glycol, but it is insoluble in glycerin.