After distillation to yield fine turpentine oil, the crude residue is sold as rosin (Liu 1971). The fragrant needles of balsam fir are stuffed into souvenir pillows sold in New England (Frank 1990). North American native peoples pulverized fir needles for use as a body scent or as a perfume for clothing; used powdered fir needles (particularly those of subalpine fir) mixed with deer grease as a hair tonic; (...)