Pine & Lemon: Strange Scentfellows

For many of us, pine brings
winter to mind: snowy
forests, the classic
Christmas tree.

But pine might be more
summery than you think.

Like lemon, the ultimate
bright fragrance, pine’s scent
comes from an organic
compound called a
monoterpene.

They’re what some essential
oil experts refer to as the
“sunny” components of
scent.

So lemon and pine scents,
as it turns out, are
something like chemical
siblings.

And both brighten a
fragrance like little else.