Cedrol Crystals
Synthetic Ingredient for Perfumery
Cedrol, a sesquiterpene alcohol in conifer essential oils like cypress and juniper, is key in aroma compound chemistry. Its low yet tenacious woody scent, described as cedarwood, dry, earthy, with leathery forest undertones.
Is used as a fixative in various fragrances, including soaps, detergents, and industrial odors.
📂 CAS N° 77-53-2
⚖️ MW — 222.37 g/mol
📝 Odour Type — Woody
📈 Odour Strength — Low, but tenacious
👃🏼 Odour Profile — Woody, cedar wood, dry, earthy, leathery forest undertones (F. Ciccolo at Scentspiracy, 2021)
⚗️ Uses — Used as a fixative for soaps, household product fragrances, detergent perfumes, industrial odors, etc ( S. Arctander, 1969)
What is Cedrol?
Cedrol is a sesquiterpene alcohol found in the essential oil of conifers (cedar oil), especially in the genera Cupressus (cypress) and Juniperus (juniper). It has also been identified in Origanum onites, a plant related to oregano. Its main uses are in the chemistry of aroma compounds. It makes up about 19% of cedarwood oil Texas and 15.8% of cedarwood oil Virginia.
Lower grades of Cedrol are viscous liquids, usually with crystalline deposit.
Very faint odor (when pure, almost odorless) of Cedarwood type. A more “balsamic- sweet” odor is perceptible in low-grade Cedrols.
Discovery
In public use since the 1930s.
Production
By isolation from Virginia Cedarwood oil followed by recrystallization
Sources:
Connolly, JD; Hill, RA, eds. (1991). Dictionary of Terpenoids. 1 Mono- and sesquiterpenoids. Chapman&Hall. SQ02555. ISBN 0-412-25770-X.
Breitmeier, E (2006). Terpenes: flavors, fragrances, pharmaca, pheromones. Wiley-VCH. pp. 46–47. ISBN 3-527-31786-4.
Susan Barclay-Nichols. "Point of Interest!". swiftcraftymonkey.blogspot.com.
Perfume and flavor chemicals, S. Arctander, Denmark 1969.
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