Ingredients · Woods · dry-down

Cedarwood oil (Himalayan)

Warm, sweet, resinous woody cedar, closely resembling Atlas cedarwood.

What it is

Natural oil from wood of Cedrus deodara.

Where it comes from

northern India, Nepal, Pakistan

When you smell it

Dry-down: what stays.

What perfumers do with it

Cheaper, similar alternative to Atlas cedar for warm resinous-woody accents.

Worth knowing

Its name comes from Sanskrit 'devadāru', meaning 'wood of the gods'; the tree is sacred in India.

Also called

Cedrus deodara; deodar cedar