Cedarwood Atlas Essential Oil
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Description
Cedarwood Atlas Essential Oil has a warm dry woody aroma with balsamic depth, soft resin, and a faint smoky edge. It should not be confused with Cedarleaf or Thuja oils, which are greener and more camphoraceous. Atlas Cedarwood feels slower, woodier, and more settled.
The first impression is dry and pencil-like, then the scent softens into a warmer resinous base. This makes it useful in soaps, balms, beard oils, body oils, natural perfumes, incense blends, woody accords, and quiet diffuser blends where a formula needs depth rather than immediate brightness.
Cedarwood Atlas often works best underneath other materials. It can stop citrus, herbs, florals, and spice from feeling thin or unfinished. Used too heavily, though, it can become dusty, flat, or slightly mothball-like, leaving a dry woody residue that dominates the blend.
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 | Cedrus atlantica |
| Origin | Morocco |
| Family | Pinaceae |
| Plant Part | Wood |
| Extraction | Steam Distillation |
| Note | Base |
| Colour | Light golden yellow |
| Consistency | Medium |
| Scent | woody, sweet, sharper note than Virginian cedarwood, slight aroma reminiscent of artificial mothballs, balsamic. |
| 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.
