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Fraser fir is monoecious, meaning that both male and female cones occur on the same tree. [11] Cone buds usually open from mid-May to early June. Female cones are borne mostly in the top few feet of the crown and on the distal ends of branches. Male cones are borne below female cones, but mostly in the upper half of the crown.
Pine brandy, or pine geist, (German: Zirbengeist) can also be made by further distilling the liquid instead of filtering and adding sugars. A variant of pine brandy utilizes lignified pine cones, collected in October. The seeds are extracted, crushed, mixed with grain schnapps, and distilled directly. Through the distilling process, the debris ...
Head cones were a form of solid perfume, containing myrrh, that were presumably made of a mixture of oils, resins and fat. Images of the era show people wearing them on wigs or on shaved heads. The slow melting of the cones due to bodily heat would have spread the fragrance. [3]
Pine oil is a higher boiling fraction from turpentine. Both synthetic and natural pine oil consists mainly of α-terpineol, a C10 alcohol (b.p. 214–217 °C). [5] [1] Other components include dipentene and pinene. [6] The detailed composition of natural pine oil depends on many factors, such as the species of the host plant. [7]
Through the use of a fractionation column, different fractions distilled from a material can be selectively excluded to manipulate the scent of the final product. Although the product is more expensive, this is sometimes performed to remove unpleasant or undesirable scents of a material and affords the perfumer more control over their ...
On the coast, the knobcone pine may hybridize with bishop pine (Pinus muricata), and Monterey pine (Pinus radiata). In the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada, knobcone pine is often a co-dominant with blue oak (Quercus douglasii). [7] The species is susceptible to fire, but this melts the cone resin, releasing seeds for regrowth. [4]
Pine honey is commonly produced anywhere pine forests are plentiful and conventional honey sources, such as flowers or fruit tree blossoms, are few. It can be found in some heavily forested areas of Germany, Norway, Italy, [6] New Zealand, and the United States but is primarily produced in the pine forests of the eastern Mediterranean.
The art of enjoying incense, with all its preparatory aspects, is called monkō (聞香), which translated means "listening to incense" (although the 聞 Kanji also means "to smell" in Chinese). The aim is to let the aroma of the material infuse the body and soul and "listen" to its essence in a holistic manner, as opposed to just reducing it ...