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Black Spruce Essential Oil

Black Spruce Essential Oil

Picea mariana

Black Spruce (Picea mariana) is steam distilled from the needles and twigs of trees growing in the cold northern forests of Canada and the United States. Our batches come from both certified organic and wildcrafted harvests, and the aroma is exactly what you'd hope for: resinous, sweet, woodsy, with that clean piney lift.

The chemistry is mostly monoterpenes, close to two thirds of the oil, led by camphene (typically 14-22% in our batches) and α-pinene (typically 12-19%). What makes Black Spruce distinctive is the ester bornyl acetate, typically 20-27%. That combination is loved for its calming, grounding quality, the kind that supports an easy deep breath and comforts tired muscles after a long day.

Every batch we bring in is independently GC-MS tested, and each batch's full report lives right here on this page.

Batch History & Chemistry

BatchDistilledOrigin
BSP-11904/24/2025Canada
BSP-11812/20/2023Canada
BSP-11705/01/2022Canada
BSP-11609/01/2021Canada
BSP-11508/01/2020Canada
Distillation date
04/24/2025
Extraction
Steam Distilled
Cultivation
Certified Organic
Country of origin
Canada

Top 5 components

of 51 measured

ComponentFamily%
bornyl acetateEster22.03%
α-pineneMonoterpene16.38%
campheneMonoterpene14.33%
δ-3-careneMonoterpene8.72%
β-pineneMonoterpene5.81%
Monoterpene
α-pinene16.38%
camphene14.33%
δ-3-carene8.72%
β-pinene5.81%
limonene (d)4.09%
β-myrcene3.42%
santene2.83%
tricyclene2.19%
terpinolene1.55%
β-phellandrene1.37%
α-phellandrene0.45%
α-terpinene0.41%
γ-terpinene0.38%
p-cymene0.32%
sabinene0.14%
α-fenchene0.11%
Ester
bornyl acetate22.03%
isobornyl acetate0.91%
fenchyl acetate0.49%
camphene hydrate0.37%
geranyl acetate0.26%
(Z)-pinocarvyl acetate · trans-pinocarvyl acetate0.21%
(E)-verbenyl acetate0.12%
(Z)-pinocarvyl acetate · cis-pinocarvyl acetate0.12%
citronellyl acetate0.12%
Sesquiterpene
δ-cadinene1.98%
γ-cadinene0.57%
α-muurolene0.52%
β-caryophyllene0.25%
(E)-α-bisabolene0.25%
γ-muurolene0.20%
longifolene0.18%
(E,E)-α-farnesene0.17%
(Z)-cadina-1(6),4-diene0.14%
β-elemene0.13%
zonarene0.13%
α-cadinene0.13%
α-caryophyllene0.10%
Monoterpenol
borneol1.51%
α-terpineol1.32%
terpinen-4-ol0.45%
linalool0.26%
τ-cadinol0.18%
fenchol0.13%
(E)-pinocarveol0.12%
isoborneol0.12%
Oxide
1,8-cineole0.50%
Sesquiterpenol
α-cadinol0.36%
Other
11.98 camphenol<6->0.20%
Aldehyde
α-campholene aldehyde0.17%
Ketone
camphor0.13%

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