Dwarf Pine Oil

What Dwarf Pine Oil smells like

Dwarf pine (Pinus mugo) oil is steam-distilled from fresh needles and twig tips in Central and Southeast Europe and has a pleasant, balsamic note, in ChemicalBook's description; The Good Scents Company lists it as terpenic and pine-balsamic, with sweet, woody, spicy, cypress and juniper facets. Its main constituents include alpha-pinene, delta-3-carene and limonene. It is usually described as more balsamic and sweeter than Scots pine.

Leading note

Balsamic pine

Supporting facets

Sweet, cypress, juniper

Faint facets

Spicy

Character

Fresh, sweet, soft

• piney
• fresh
• balsamic
• sweet

What makes Dwarf Pine Oil distinctive

The sweetest pine needle: balsamic and soft, with cypress and juniper facets.

How Dwarf Pine Oil is used

Used in pine-needle, fougère and fresh compositions, and in bath and wellness products.

Typical role: modifier (used in small amounts to change the character of a blend).

How Dwarf Pine Oil differs from similar materials

Scots Pine Needle Oil*

Scots pine is sharper, fresher and more turpentine-like; mugo is more balsamic and sweeter. (compared directly by a cited source)

delta-3-Carene*

delta-3-Carene is one of its constituents, a sweet pine with a damp-earth side. (compared directly by a cited source)

An asterisk marks a difference that a cited source states directly. The others compare the published descriptions of each material. Smell varies with grade, supplier and dilution; compare them side by side on blotters before substituting one for another.

Formulation considerations

Oxidises readily; old oil can be sensitising. Store cold and full.

Identity and classification

Type

Essential oil

Origin

Natural

Odour family

Aromatic / Resinous

Note position

Top note

Physical form at room temperature

Liquid

Also known as

Mountain pine oil, Pinus mugo oil

Botanical source

Pinus mugo

CAS number

8000-26-8

The CAS number was checked on 19 October 2026 against a PubChem substance record that gives it for this material. A natural material is a mixture, so it has no single formula; its composition varies with origin and processing.

Safety and compliance

This page is general information, not a safety assessment or a specification. Confirm identity, composition, IFRA status and allergen content from your supplier's documents for the lot you hold.

Materials it works with

• Scots Pine Needle Oil

  Essential oil · Aromatic / Woody — pine, resinous, fresh, balsamic

• Bornyl Acetate

  Aroma chemical · Aromatic / Woody — pine, balsamic, camphoraceous, sweet

• delta-3-Carene

  Aroma chemical · Aromatic / Woody — piney, sweet, resinous, citrus

• Juniper Berry Oil

  Essential oil · Aromatic / Woody — gin, peppery, resinous, fresh

Used in formulas and accords

Used in 1 published formula

Dwarf Pine Oil is an ingredient in 1 perfume formula in the Formula & Accord Library.

RUŌOD House Originals

Original compositions by RUŌOD House.

• Pine Tar Sauna

  RUŌOD House Original

Further reading

• Conifer Notes in Perfumery: Pine, Fir, Cypress and Juniper

  Pine, fir, spruce, cypress and juniper materials for formulators: bornyl acetate and fir balsam, oxidation and peroxide limits, EU allergens and a fir accord.

• Aromatic Notes in Perfumery: Lavender, Sage, Rosemary and Mint

  The aromatic family for formulators: lavender, lavandin and spike, clary sage, rosemary, mint and basil — chemistry, chemotypes and EU allergen status.

Questions about Dwarf Pine Oil

Sources

• PubChem — substance 135294602, checked 19 October 2026.
• ChemicalBook — pine needle oil, dwarf (CAS 8000-26-8) — odour database.
• The Good Scents Company — dwarf pine oil — odour database.
• Olfactory profile: the RUŌOD Lab team's synthesis of the published descriptions above, reviewed 21 October 2026. Evidence: more than one published description. Classification and the short description: revision 1. Descriptions of odour are judgement, not measurement.