Ingredients · Woods · dry-down

α-Cedrene

Say italpha-SEE-dreen

Dry, woody cedar with smoky, leathery undertones; mild.

What it is

Natural material from sesquiterpene hydrocarbon fractionated from Virginia, Texas and Chinese cedarwood oils.

When you smell it

Dry-down: what stays.

What perfumers do with it

Budget cedar effect and leather-note helper; the raw material for Vertofix.

Worth knowing

First isolated from Virginia 'cedar' oil in 1841, it later became the feedstock for Vertofix.

Rules

Limited. IFRA 49th Amendment limits for skin sensitisation.

Also called

alpha-Cedrene; cedrene