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It must not have any turpene based ingredients (like cooked rosins, or similar ingredients) because that stuff flies off with alcohol.
Mandolin Cafe News 2009
chained_bear commented on the word turpene
"Inside the silent grove, the fragrance of hemlock and cedar enfolded me at once in a mist of resins and turpenes, the odor cold and sharp, clean and invigorating...."
—Diana Gabaldon, Drums of Autumn (NY: Dell, 1997), 397
January 19, 2010