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Cedar Roots

Q: Is Cedar Roots natural or synthetic?

. Extraction: No specific extraction of cedar roots exists. Concept uses cedarwood oil derivatives blended with earthy synthetics..

WOODS AND MOSSES / woody · earthy · rich

Cedar Roots

Category	WOODS AND MOSSES
Subcategory	woody · earthy · rich
Origin
Volatility	Base Note
Botanical	Cedrus spp.
Appearance	Pale yellow to amber liquid
Odor Strength	Medium
Producing Countries	Morocco (Atlas)
Pyramid	Base

Earthy, rooty-woody, drier than the trunk. Cedar roots lack the pencil-shaving crispness of heartwood — instead, darker, more soil-embedded, faintly musty.

Scent
The Full Story
Fun Fact
Extraction & Chemistry
In Perfumery

Scent

Earthy-woody, dry, rooty. Cedar's familiar pencil-shaving character buried under soil — the sharpness is muted, the earthiness amplified. Musty-dry rather than crisp-fresh. Like digging up a cedar stump and smelling the roots.

Evolution over time

Immediately

Earthy-woody, dry root, muted cedar character

After a few hours

Soil-embedded warmth, musty depth

After a few days

Persistent earthy-cedar residue, dry-root trail

The Full Story

Cedar roots as a perfumery concept explore the underground dimension of cedar: earthier, rootier, drier than the aromatic heartwood. The scent imagines what cedar smells like where it meets the soil.

No specific cedar root extraction exists. The concept extends the cedar wood palette downward — adding earth, dry root, and soil elements to the familiar pencil-shaving character. Construction uses cedarwood derivatives (cedrol, cedrene), earthy elements (vetiver, geosmin), and dry-root notes.

The note functions in earthy-woody and root-themed compositions. It provides a grounding anchor beneath conventional cedar's crisp freshness — cedar seen from the perspective of soil rather than sawmill.

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Did You Know?

Did you know?

Cedar heartwood's resistance to rot comes from thujaplicins — natural antifungal compounds concentrated in the heartwood but absent from the roots and sapwood. This is why cedar fence posts rot at the soil line (where root meets trunk) even while the above-ground wood remains intact for decades.

Extraction & Chemistry

Extraction method: No specific extraction of cedar roots exists. Concept uses cedarwood oil derivatives blended with earthy synthetics.

Molecular Formula	Complex mixture — key compounds: himachalene C₁₅H₂₄, atlantone C₁₅H₂₂O
CAS Number	N/A — natural essential oil fraction, complex mixture
Botanical Name	Cedrus spp.
IFRA Status	No known restrictions
Synonyms	CEDARWOOD ROOTS
Physical Properties
Odor Strength	Medium
Lasting Power	> 200 hours
Appearance	Pale yellow to amber liquid
Specific Gravity	0.94000 to 0.97000 @ 25.00 °C (est)
Refractive Index	1.50500 to 1.52000 @ 20.00 °C (est)

In Perfumery

Fantasy wood concept extending cedar into earthy-root territory. No specific extraction exists. Built from cedarwood components (cedrol, cedrene) blended with earthy elements (vetiver, geosmin). Functions in root, earth, and deep-wood compositions.