Julius Sämann
Julius Sämann (April 15, 1911 – May 9, 1999) was a German businessman. He was born in Uffenheim, Germany.[1] He was a Jew. He left Germany because of the Nazis. He studied the smell of Alpine Trees for five years in Canada.[2][3] Sämann developed methods to get essential oils from ever-green trees and started an oil company. He sold the interest from the company in 1946.[4] In 1952, a milk driver in Watertown, New York complained to him about the smell of spilled milk. Because of this, he invented Little Trees.[2][5]
Julius Sämann | |
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| Born | April 15, 1911 |
| Died | May 9, 1999 |
| Nationality | German |
| Citizenship | American |
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| Engineering career | |
| Employer(s) | Car-Freshener Corp |
| Projects | Little Trees |
References
- ↑ "Profile of Julius Sämann" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Greenbaum, Hilary; Rubinstein, Dana (2012-03-02). "Who Made Those Little Trees Air Fresheners?" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/magazine/who-made-little-tree-air-fresheners.html. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
- ↑ "The fascinating origins of the pine tree air freshener". Drive. 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ↑ O'Connor, Deb (August 2005). Little Trees: An American icon born and raised in Watertown. p. 21. Archived from the original on October 9, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111009114002/http://www.absolutelybusiness.com/downloads/august05.pdf. Retrieved 29 Sep 2011.
- ↑ "About | Little Trees". www.littletrees.com. Archived from the original on 2022-02-15. Retrieved 2022-04-14.