Creosote oil is a common name for a group of oil like products that are obtained from tar. One of them is coal tar creosote and the other is wood tar creosote. However, there is a plant which smells much like creosote and it is the creosote bush, better known as Chaparral ( Larrea tridentata ). It is one of the main raw material for manufacturing Phenyles, used by ink manufacturers and in paints and asphalt liquefying.