Standing artificial Christmas tree is getting more and more popular by improving the quality of these products which are nowadays quite realistic mimicking the natural pine trees in appearance. But the smell of new plastic is far from that of a crisp, fresh evergreen. Even the real pine trees loose slowly their fresh scent during storage on a dry place. The CD-stabilized pie fragrance can help.
The main components of pine oil are α-pinene, β-pinene, limonene and borneol. Pine oil is often used in company with other essential oils, such as eucalyptus oil, lavender oil and lemon oil. The complexation of these oils have been thoroughly studied proving the stabilization of the volatile components.
The main components of pine oil: alpha-pinene, beta-pinene, limonene and borneol.
The potential of this use of cyclodextrin is well demonstrated in the number of publications on related keywords (search in Scopus):
- cyclodextrin + essential oil: 1054
- cyclodextrin + pine oil: 10
- cyclodextrin + eucalyptus oil: 41
- cyclodextrin + lavender oil: 49
- cyclodextrin + lemon oil: 36
- cyclodextrin + pinene: 162,
- cyclodextrin + limonene: 224
- cyclodextrin + borneol: 99
The endless possibilities of relatable products is probably best manifested in Febreze’s Winter Edition product containing hydroxypropyl beta cyclodextrin and Christmas-themed fragrance components: white pine & juniper berry. The mechanism of action of Febreze has been detailed earlier in our blog:
https://cyclodextrinnews.com/2018/10/24/how-air-fresheners-work/
