Julius Sämann

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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
Born(1911-04-15)April 15, 1911
DiedMay 9, 1999
NationalityGerman
CitizenshipAmerican
Parent(s)
  • Simon Sämann
  • Lia Weglein
Engineering career
Employer(s)Car-Freshener Corp
ProjectsLittle Trees

References

  1. Profile of Julius Sämann. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  2. 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. ISSN 0362-4331 . https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/magazine/who-made-little-tree-air-fresheners.html. Retrieved 2022-04-12. 
  3. The fascinating origins of the pine tree air freshener (in en-AU). Drive (2020-12-24). Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  4. 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. 
  5. About | Little Trees. www.littletrees.com. Retrieved 2022-04-14.