Cade (Rectified) Essential Oil
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Description
Cade Rectified Essential Oil is a dark smoky material with tarred wood, dry leather, phenolic sharpness, and bitter warmth. It does not smell like fresh juniper or clean forest air. It feels more like fire-blackened wood, old leather, tobacco smoke, and resinous ash.
The first impression is forceful: smoke, tar, and medicinal phenolic bite. As the scent develops, the harsher edges become drier and more leathery, leaving a long smoky-woody residue that works in leather accords, tobacco blends, incense-style perfumes, pine bases, dark soaps, and rugged woody compositions.
Rectification makes Cade more suitable for fragrance work than crude cade, but it remains powerful and should be used with careful formulation guidance. Used lightly, it gives a blend age, shadow, and physical weight. Used heavily, it can become dirty, medicinal, tar-heavy, and difficult to control.
Essential oils can be applied topically once diluted with a carrier oil. They are widely used in cosmetic goods and handmade crafts.
Details
| Botanical Name | Juniperus oxycedrus |
| Origin | Spain |
| Family | Cupressaceae |
| Plant Part | Wood |
| Extraction | Empyreumatic (destructive) Distillation |
| Note | Base |
| Colour | Dark brown |
| Consistency | Medium |
| Scent | Intense tar-like, woody, dry, smoky phenolic odour. |
| Blends With | Camphoraceous, citrus, earthy, herby, floral, minty, spicy and woodsy oils. |
| Group | Woodsy |
Cautions
Never use pure oils on the skin without diluting, never use internally, keep away from children and eyes, always check if there are any medical issues which could cause a problem. Seek help if you have any doubts.
