Fragrance note · Resins and balsams
Cade oil
Acrid wood smoke, tar, leather and burnt pine needles.
You may know it from A smoky campfire near pine wood
Where it comes from
Natural
Made by dry-distilling wood from the Mediterranean cade juniper.
Botanical name: Juniperus oxycedrus
Worth knowing
Despite the cedar-like name, it comes from a juniper, not cedar.
Accords it shows up in
How many of the fragrances listing Cade oil in our catalogue also carry each accord. We counted this ourselves.
Often paired with
The notes that appear next to Cade oil most often in our catalogue.
Well-known fragrances with Cade oil
Fragrances that list it in their notes, most-rated first.
Houses that use it most
Ranked by how many of their well-known fragrances list Cade oil.