Texas Cedarwood Oil
Texas cedarwood oil from juniper (Juniperus mexicana) cleared from Hill Country rangeland and distilled in Leakey, Texas, in our proprietary continuous process and in classic batch stills.
Dry, woody and assertive, with a soft, balsamic dry-down. Available as redistilled oils, fractions and isolates. Samples and documentation on request.
Ingredient card
Texas Cedarwood Oil
- Botanical name
- Juniperus mexicana
- Family
- Cupressaceae (cypress family)
- Common names
- Texas cedar, mountain cedar
- Origin
- Texas Hill Country, within about 60 miles of Leakey
- Part used
- Wood of trees cleared from rangeland
- Extraction
- Steam distillation: our proprietary continuous process and classic batch
- Distilled at
- Leakey, Texas
- CAS number
- 68990-83-0
- Reference standard
- ISO 4725
- Key constituents
- Cedrol, thujopsene, α-cedrene
- Certification
- Kosher (Leakey, Texas facility)
Typical information. The specification, safety data sheet and certificates for each lot are available on request.
For buyers
Buying Information
Prices depend on grade, quantity and destination. Tell us what you need and we will reply within two business days.
- Grades available
- Continuous Redistilled; Light Redistilled (batch); Cedrol Liquid; Cedrol Crystals; thujopsene and alpha-cedrene grades
- Custom specifications
- Available: we match your specification using fractions of the same oil
- Samples
- Available, with the specification
- Minimum order
- On request
- Packaging sizes
- On request
- Typical lead time
- On request
- Packaging
- Sealed Texarome drums
- Documentation
- COA for each lot, specification sheet, SDS, allergen statement, IFRA conformity, statement of origin, kosher certificate (Leakey, Texas facility)
Minimum orders, packaging sizes and lead times depend on the grade; we confirm them with every quote.
Olfactory profile
How It Smells
Dry, woody and assertive: freshly sharpened pencil and cut cedar, with a faint smoky, almost leathery shade.
- Pencil shavings
- Dry wood
- Light smoke
- Leather
- Balsamic
A sharp, clean lift of pencil shavings and freshly cut wood.
Dry cedar wood with a light smoky, leathery shade.
A soft, sweet, balsamic dry-down carried by cedrol. Long-lasting.
In perfumery
Woody and leather accords, fougères, chypres and masculine fine fragrance; functional perfumery (soap, detergent, home care), where it gives body economically; a natural fixative.
Pairs well with
Vetiver, patchouli, bergamot, lavender, amber accords
From Rangeland to Oil
Our Texas cedar comes from juniper cleared from Hill Country rangeland within about 60 miles of Leakey, bought direct from about fifty independent landowners and haulers.
We distill it here, and nowhere else: in our proprietary continuous process, which keeps more of the tree's own cedrol and gives a remarkably even oil, and in classic batch stills for the traditional profile. About half of the spent fiber fuels our biomass boilers; the rest goes on to garden mulch, landscaping, animal bedding and oil-field drilling.
Grades
Redistilled oils, and fractions and isolates including Cedrol Liquid, Cedrol Crystals (made without solvents), Thujopsene and alpha-cedrene grades.
Further reading
The Research Behind It
Independent studies on the land and the plant. Links open the original source.
- Rangeland water
Thurow, T. L. and Hester, J. W. How an increase or reduction in juniper cover alters rangeland hydrology. Juniper Ecology and Management Symposium, Texas A&M.
A Texas A&M review of how juniper canopy intercepts rainfall on Hill Country rangeland.
Read the source (opens another website in a new tab) - Land recovery
Ueckert, D. N. Juniper control and management. Juniper Ecology and Management Symposium, Texas A&M University.
Puts juniper on about 20 million acres of Texas rangeland, and records springs flowing again, more grazing and quail returning after it was cleared.
Read the source (opens another website in a new tab) - How far cedar has spread
Treadwell, M., Redden, R. and Tolleson, D. (2021). Managing Juniper (Cedar) with Goats. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, ERM-053.
Reports mountain cedar spreading from 3.5 to 6 million acres between 1985 and 1994, and redberry juniper from 6 to 10 million acres in Northwest Texas.
Read the source (opens another website in a new tab) - Grass and rainfall
McGinty, A. Juniper ecology. Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Texas A&M.
Under dense juniper only 20–34% of rainfall reaches the soil, against 82–89% under grass, and forage drops sharply.
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