Cade Oil

At a glance

A dark, smoky tar oil produced by dry-distilling juniper wood, mainly in Spain and Morocco, giving an intense leathery, birch-tar, smoky note used sparingly in leather accords.

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Origin

Juniperus oxycedrus wood, primarily the Mediterranean basin

Extraction

Steam distillation

Profile

Smoky, tar-like, leathery scent

IFRA status

Restricted, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon limits under IFRA standards

Cost tier

Low