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Ingredients · Leather & smoke · dry-down

Cade oil (rectified)

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Campfire smoke, charred wood and tar, with a dry phenolic, leathery edge.

What it is
Natural oil from destructively distilled Juniperus oxycedrus wood, then rectified.
Where it comes from
Spain, Mediterranean
When you smell it
Dry-down: hours later.
What perfumers do with it
Smoky-tarry note for leather, incense and fougère accords; adds realistic burnt-wood character.
Worth knowing
Dermatologists have long used cade oil in shampoos and ointments for dandruff and psoriasis.
Rules
Limited. IFRA bans crude cade; distillates must meet PAH limits.
Also called
Juniper tar; oil of cade