Bay oil (English spelling)

Japanese: bay oil(英語表記)bayoil
Bay oil (English spelling)

…The leaves of this plant are distilled with rum to produce bay rum, a hair styling product. However, today, the leaves are steam distilled or extracted with alcohol to produce yellow or brown, aromatic bay oil, which is used as a fragrance for hair styling products, soaps, toilet deodorants, etc. The bay oil from the Dominican Republic is considered to be of the highest quality, and although it is also cultivated in some places, most of it is collected from wild trees and dried leaves are exported, and extraction is mainly carried out in the United States. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "bay oil" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この植物の葉をラム酒とともに蒸留したものが整髪料のベイラムである。しかし現在では,葉を水蒸気蒸留またはアルコール抽出して得られる,黄色ないし褐色で芳香性のベイ油bay oilが,整髪料,セッケン,トイレット防臭などの香料として用いられる。ドミニカ産のものが最も良質とされ,一部栽培もされるが,多くは野生樹から採集された乾燥葉が輸出され,主としてアメリカで抽出が行われる。…

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