Texas Cedarwood Essential Oil
Texas Cedarwood Essential Oil is a warm, woody, and slightly sweet aroma with a rich, earthy undertone. Known for its grounding and calming properties, it’s perfect for promoting relaxation, focus, and emotional balance. This oil is a versatile addition to candles, diffusers, soaps, and skincare products, offering a comforting, outdoorsy scent reminiscent of a serene forest. Blends beautifully with lavender, bergamot, and citrus oils for a harmonious, nature-inspired experience.
Ambiance: Warm / Woody / Grounding / Comforting
Please note
This is a pure, undiluted essential oil designed for crafting end products such as candles, diffusers, soaps, bath products, and other personal care items. Essential oils are highly concentrated and should not be applied directly to the skin without proper dilution in a carrier oil. All our essential oils are measured in grams, not milliliters. Bottle fill levels may vary due to differences in oil density, which affects volume.
For specific usage limits, please refer to the Texas Cedarwood Essential Oil IFRA guidelines or consult the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) included in the “Related Documents” tab. Compliance of the final product remains the responsibility of the manufacturer.
Packaging note: 10g testers are supplied in PET bottles for affordable evaluation and are not intended for long-term archival storage. Production sizes from 50g upwards are supplied in premium aluminium bottles for improved long-term protection. Read more
Olfactive Profile
- Note classification: Base note
- Scent family: Woody / Earthy / Dry / Balsamic
Texas Cedarwood Essential Oil has a dry, warm, and softly sweet woody profile with earthy, resinous, and slightly smoky undertones. It feels more rugged and pencil-wood-like than Atlas Cedarwood, drier and less creamy than Sandalwood Amyris, and more rustic than Virginian Cedarwood. Its character is grounding and outdoorsy, with a natural forest-like depth that works beautifully in woody, aromatic, herbal, masculine, and meditative compositions.
The opening is dry, woody, and slightly sharp, while the drydown becomes warmer, smoother, and more resinous. Compared to brighter top-note oils, Texas cedarwood adds weight, structure, and quiet persistence, making it useful as a natural base note for blends that need depth, calmness, and a more stable woody foundation.
Technical Data & IFRA limits
- Product type: 100% pure essential oil
- Botanical name: Juniperus Mexicana
- CAS number: 68990-83-0
- EC number: 294-461-7
- Plant part: Wood bark
- Extraction method: Steam Distillation
- Origin: United States
- Flashpoint: >93°C
- Main natural constituents: Typically rich in cedrene isomers, cedrol, thujopsene, widdrol, and related sesquiterpenic woody materials. Exact composition may vary by batch.
IFRA Maximum Usage Levels
- Candles: 100%
- Diffusers: 55.00%
- Perfumes: 7.50%
- Soaps: 14.50%
For full category-specific limits, refer to the Texas Cedarwood Essential Oil IFRA certificate available in the “Related Documents” tab.
Formulation & Creative Uses
Texas Cedarwood Essential Oil works as a natural woody base note. It adds dryness, depth, structure, and earthy warmth to a formula, helping lighter materials feel more grounded and complete. It can support citrus, lavender, herbs, resins, spices, florals, and musks while giving the final blend a calmer, more natural, and more outdoorsy foundation.
Common applications
- Diffusers: Excellent for grounding, forest-inspired, spa-like, masculine, meditative, and woody-aromatic blends.
- Candles & wax melts: Adds warm woody depth and good base-note support, especially in forest, cabin, incense, amber, and masculine compositions.
- Soaps: Brings earthy woody character and natural depth, with testing required for scent retention and process stability.
- Bath & body products: Suitable when used within IFRA limits and proper dilution guidelines.
- Perfumery: Useful in woody bases, aromatic fougère structures, leather accords, incense blends, dry amber compositions, forest accords, and soft musky woods.
Creative directions
Use Texas Cedarwood Essential Oil when a formula needs grounding, dryness, and a natural woody backbone. It works especially well in blends that feel too bright, thin, sweet, floral, or airy, helping the composition gain depth, texture, and a more stable base.
For spa and relaxation blends, combine Texas cedarwood with lavender, bergamot, frankincense, amyris, or clary sage to create a calm, grounded atmosphere. For forest and cabin-style directions, use it with pine, fir, patchouli, vetiver, oakmoss-style accords, or smoky materials to build a deeper woodland effect. For masculine or cologne-style blends, pair it with citrus oils, rosemary, basil, lavender, black pepper, and soft musks.
Texas cedarwood is also useful in incense, leather, dry amber, herbal, and earthy compositions. Because it is a woody base note, it adds persistence and structure, but it can feel dry or rough if overdosed. It performs best when balanced with brighter top notes, softer florals, resins, musks, or balsamic materials that round out its rugged woody character.
Storage & Natural Variations
Texas Cedarwood Essential Oil is classified as irritating to the skin, sensitising, hazardous if swallowed and enters the airways, and very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects. Always follow the IFRA guidance and SDS for the intended product category. The final safety assessment, dilution level, labeling, and regulatory compliance remain the responsibility of the manufacturer.
Essential oils are natural aromatic materials, and slight variations in scent, colour, density, and appearance may occur from batch to batch. These differences are normal and can be influenced by harvest conditions, climate, origin, plant material, and natural compositional variation.
Scent perception may also vary depending on individual sensitivity, dilution level, formulation base, and application method. Essential oils may not smell exactly the same in the bottle as they do in a finished product. We strongly recommend testing a 10g bottle before committing to larger quantities, especially for commercial production.
To preserve quality, store tightly sealed in the original container, away from heat, light, air, and moisture. Store in a cool, dry, well-ventilated place and avoid release into drains, surface water, or the environment.
Order processing times
Standard lead time is 1-2 business days. Processing times may be longer during peak holiday seasons—please plan accordingly.
Bulk Orders
For larger quantities, we offer bulk production starting from 5kg per fragrance code, with a 10% discount per kilogram. Customers who need more than 5kgs per scent, can contact us to arrange a proforma invoice. Bulk orders are produced in multipliers of 5 (5kg, 10kg, 15kg, etc.) and lead times vary depending on fragrance and time of the year, usually within the range of 3 to 8 weeks.
Product Suitability Guide
Comparison of typical formulation levels with the maximum permitted use for each application based on IFRA 51st amdt.
| Application | Typical Use | Suitability |
|---|---|---|
Candles & Wax Melts
|
7–12% | Suitable |
Electric Diffusers
|
Up to 100%* | Suitable* |
Pillow Mists
|
1–5% | Suitable |
Room Sprays
|
2–5% | Suitable |
Reed Diffusers
|
15–25% | Suitable |
Soaps & Rinse-off
|
1–3% | Suitable |
Hair Fragrance
|
1–3% | Suitable |
Lotions & Body Oils
|
0.5–2% | Suitable |
Fine Fragrance
|
10–15% | Below Range |
Facial Makeup
|
0.1–1% | Suitable |
Body Mist & Deodorant
|
1–5% | Below Range |
How to Read the Suitability Statements
✓ Suitable: the permitted concentration reaches or exceeds the average typical-use range. △ Limited: the permitted concentration falls within the typical-use range but remains below its midpoint. × Below Range: the permitted concentration falls below the typical-use range. × Not Permitted: the applicable limit is 0%.
Please Note
Typical-use ranges are general formulation benchmarks, not product-specific recommendations. Suitability is determined by comparing the stated typical-use range with the maximum permitted concentration shown in the current supplier IFRA document.
This guide does not confirm scent performance, base compatibility, stability, device compatibility or complete finished-product compliance. Appropriate testing and all applicable safety, labelling and regulatory requirements remain the responsibility of the finished-product manufacturer.
*Electric diffusers: Up to 100% fragrance may be used only in equipment designed for undiluted fragrance oil. Dilution, carrier and compatibility requirements vary by device. Always follow the equipment manufacturer’s instructions.
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marianiorga67 (verified owner) –
Datorită bazei sale lemnoase și durabile, este o notă de bază apreciată în compozițiile de parfumuri pentru bărbați (fougère, chypre) și în aromatizarea ambientului.
dimon97 (verified owner) –
Here, it was love at second sight; however, I truly appreciate the subtle, dry woody scent.