I was going to paste bits of the Wikipedia entry for "tar," but it's all pretty interesting. "In Northern Europe, the word "tar" refers primarily to a substance that is derived from the wood and roots of pine."

Tar.

I'll stick with this one little extraction from the page:

Wood tar is also available diluted as tar water, which has numerous uses:

    As a flavoring for candies (e.g. Terva Leijona) and alcohol (Terva Viina)
    As a spice for food, like meat
    As a scent for saunas. Tar water is mixed into water which is turned into steam in the sauna
    As an anti-dandruff agent in shampoo
    As a component of cosmetics

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