Silver fir

The silver fir (Albies alba) is one of the tallest trees in Europe. It can live for several hundred years and is present in the Alps, the Jura, the Pyrenees, the Massif Central, the Vosges or in Corsica.
Its trunk is silvery-grey with needles which are characterised by two white lines and a sweet smell of lemon if you rub them with vigour. Its cones stand up on its branches, like candles on a Christmas tree.
If when you remove a needle no bark comes with it, this confirms that it is a silver fir (not to be confused with the spruce).
Its leaves, bark resin and shoots are often used for pharmaceutical purposes.