Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 249.
Colorless oily liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and perfume oils.
Woody-camphoraceous, somewhat dry and green odor, reminiscent of Cedarwood (American).
Fractions from American Cedarwood oil, rich in Cedrene, are used in perfumery mainly for soaps, household products and in industrial perfumes, masking odors, etc.
Produced by fractionated distillation of Eastern American Cedarwood oil, or from Cedrol by dehydration.
| Category | Kind | Max % | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category 1 | Max % | 0.27% | — | DOC |
| Category 2 | Max % | 0.08% | — | DOC |
| Category 3 | Max % | 1.6% | — | DOC |
| Category 4 | Max % | 1.5% | — | DOC |
| Category 5A | Max % | 0.38% | — | DOC |
| Category 5B | Max % | 0.38% | — | DOC |
| Category 5C | Max % | 0.38% | — | DOC |
| Category 5D | Max % | 0.38% | — | DOC |
| Category 6 | Max % | 0.88% | — | DOC |
| Category 7A | Max % | 3.1% | — | DOC |
| Category 7B | Max % | 3.1% | — | DOC |
| Category 8 | Max % | 0.16% | — | DOC |
| Category 9 | Max % | 2.9% | — | DOC |
| Category 10A | Max % | 11% | — | DOC |
| Category 10B | Max % | 11% | — | DOC |
| Category 11A | Max % | 5.8% | — | DOC |
| Category 11B | Max % | 5.8% | — | DOC |
| Category 12 | No restriction | — | No Restriction | DOC |
Compliance-support only. Values resolved from the current IFRA corpus; each row cites the document excerpt it came from. Not a substitute for a qualified safety assessor.
Natural complex substances (NCSs) in which this material typically occurs.
| NCS | Botanical | Typical % |
|---|---|---|
| Cedarwood oil, Virginian | Juniperus virginiana L. | 30.2% |
| Cedarwood oil, Chinese | Cupressus funebris Endl. | 25.1% |
| Cedarwood oil terpenes | Juniperus mexicana Schiede | 23% |
| Cedarwood Oil, Port Orford | Juniperus mexicana Schiede | 15% |
| Cypress Oil | Cupresssus sempervirens L. | 0.8% |
| Verbena oil and absolute (Lippia citriodora Kunth.) | Lippia citriodora (L.) Kunth | 0.6% |
| Vetiver oil (all origins) | Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty | 0.3% |