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Silver fir essential oil (E 123)

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Silver Fir essential oil, 10 ml bottle
Product photo.
Product code
E 123
Brand
Vivasan
Country of manufacture
Switzerland
Packaging markings
GMP
Halal
Shelf life
36 months after opening
Product type
Essential oil
Pack
10 ml
Name on packaging
ENSILVER FIR
DEEDELTANNE
Silver fir oil is the essential oil of the needles and twigs of the European silver fir.[1] It is used for scenting rooms and in aromatherapy.[2] It has a rich, balsamic-sweet, pleasantly pine-like scent.[1] It is distilled with steam. The raw material comes from the Alps.

Composition

100% essential oil of Abies alba. Origin: the Alps.

The plant and the oil

Silver fir oil is distilled from the needles alone or from twigs with needles, and the two give much the same oil. A different oil is distilled from the cones.[1]

Scent

What it smells like. Rich, balsamic-sweet and pleasantly pine-like.[1]

Where it is used. In perfumes for bath products, air fresheners, disinfectants, soaps and fougère colognes; it blends well with lavandin, rosemary oil, oakmoss and labdanum.[1] In France, fir needle oil is used against colds and other respiratory infections, as a balm, lotion or bath additive, often with other oils such as eucalyptus.[3]

How to use

Scent a room. The scent is intended to give new vigour.[2]

Make a massage oil. Mix the oil into a carrier oil such as jojoba oil. 1% means 1 ml of silver fir oil in 100 ml of blend.

For people aged 15 and over, the recommended share of essential oil in a blend is up to 2% for general wellbeing, but not every day. During an illness, at most 5% is acceptable, and only for a short time.[4]

Share of silver fir oil Silver fir oil in 10 ml of blend Carrier oil in 10 ml of blend
0.5% 0.05 ml 9.95 ml
1% 0.1 ml 9.9 ml
2% 0.2 ml 9.8 ml

Before the first use, try a little of the blend on a small patch of undamaged skin. If the skin reacts, stop and apply a little vegetable oil or cream.[5]

Add it to a bath. Stir it into a little vegetable oil or a bath gel base first, so that it does not float on the water as undiluted drops.[5][6]

Precautions

The oil is for external use only:
  • do not swallow it or put it on the skin undiluted;[7]
  • keep it away from the eyes;[5]
  • keep the bottle out of the reach of children.[5]
Breathing:
  • People with asthma should try the scent carefully at first: fragrances, natural ones included, can make the condition worse.[8]
Pregnancy and children:
  • In pregnancy, use it on the skin only well diluted, at 1 to 2%.[9]
  • Premature babies get no essential oils on the skin, and babies up to 3 months old get at most 0.1%.[4]
  • Older children, too, need much weaker blends than adults.[4]
Fire:
  • The oil burns easily: keep it away from candles and flames.[5]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Steffen Arctander, Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, Elizabeth, NJ, 1960: Abies Alba; Templin Oil.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vivasan, product packaging of Silver Fir (E 123).
  3. ↑ Robert Ancuceanu et al., Phytochemistry, Biological, and Pharmacological Properties of Abies alba Mill.. Plants 2023, 12(15), 2860, doi 10.3390/plants12152860.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 International Federation of Professional Aromatherapists (IFPA), Guidelines to IFPA Members Treating Babies and Children. Revised August 2021.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy (NAHA), Safety. Retrieved 8 November 2026.
  6. ↑ Tisserand Institute, Safety guidelines. Retrieved 8 November 2026.
  7. ↑ International Federation of Professional Aromatherapists (IFPA), Statement on Internal and Undiluted Use of Essential Oils. November 2019.
  8. ↑ Robert Tisserand, Proof of Safety: Challenges Facing Essential Oil Therapy. AIA Conference 2007.
  9. ↑ International Federation of Professional Aromatherapists (IFPA), Pregnancy and Lactation Guidelines. Revised August 2021.
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