112 Report of Schimmel $ Co. April 1913. 



Chemical Preparations and Drugs. 



"Agrumi" oils, Synthetic (Italian Essences). The exceptional advance in 

 prices which the essences of Sicily and Calabria underwent during the winter, has 

 naturally provoked an extraordinarily brisk demand for our well-tried artificial "Agrumi" 

 oils. At times this demand was so strong that we were compelled to suspend further 

 sales for longer or shorter intervals. Foremost among these preparations our syn- 

 thetic bergamot oil enjoyed a popularity even exceeding our anticipations. We prepare 

 this oil with an ester-content of about 38 p. c. and its cost is less than half of that 

 of the natural oil containing about 35 p. c. of ester. It is mainly owing to the warm 

 welcome extended to this preparation by consumers that the producers of the natural 

 oil have been unable to raise their prices still further than they have actually suc- 

 ceeded in doing 1 ). Certain of the raw materials needed for the preparation of our 

 artificial bergamot oil have only been obtainable with difficulty and at advancing prices, 

 owing to the sudden and important demand for them. On this account we have been 

 obliged to raise our quotations for synthetic bergamot oil, but this has in no way 

 restricted its sale, judging by the favourable reports of the article which have reached 

 us, we may count upon a large number of our customers turning permanently to the 

 employment of this exquisite substitute, which is not subject to any speculative fluc- 

 tuations in price, and it may be confidently expected that in future the Calabrian 

 producers will find it difficult to dictate terms to their clients. 



Synthetic lemon oil and synthetic orange oil have also been in brisk request, so 

 much so that our factory was at times unable to keep pace with the demand. This 

 is still the case with synthetic orange oil, and we shall therefore be unable to make 

 offers of this article until the bulk of our contracts for delivery now in arrear have 

 been executed. The extension of consumption of both these artificial products is 

 naturally somewhat impeded by the fact that there are certain objections to their 

 employment for alimentary purposes. These objections exist because as yet no official 

 decisions are available as to the admissibility of the said products for such purposes. 

 Neither of the two oils, however, contains any noxious constituents whatsoever, 

 because their composition is modelled upon the constitution of the natural oils as 

 scientifically established. 



Aldehydes, Higher. These extraordinary far-going but at the same time extremely 

 delicate odoriferous substances, which have found numerous devotees among the manu- 

 facturers of the finest perfumes, are well-known as one of our recent specialities. The 

 manufacture of these articles is exceptionally difficult, for which reason we have not 

 always been able to fill the demand. Moreover, we have recently been compelled to 

 increase our prices considerably, because the previous quotations were not in con- 

 sonance with the troublesome and costly process of manufacture. As is well-known, 

 we supply the following higher aldehydes: octylaldehyde, nonylaldehyde, decylaldehyde, 

 undecylaldehyde and duodecylaldehyde (iaurinaldehyde). Particulars of these sub- 

 stances will be found in our Report of April 1912, pp. 142 and 143. We again advise 

 all those of our friends who are not thoroughly versed in all branches of the art of 

 modern perfumery, or whose sense of smell is not thoroughly trained, to abstain from 

 employing these expensive and delicate preparations. We are therefore under the 



*) See p. 53 of the present Report. 



