Texan cedarwood oils

Two main families of cedarwood oils are used in perfumery. The first is extracted from trees of the family Juniperus. These oils are known as English, Texan or Chinese cedarwood and their components are derived from the cedrane and thujopsane groups of sesquiterpenes. Atlas and Himalayan cedarwoods are obtained from Cedrus species and their terpenes are mostly from the bisabolane family. The cedrane-thujopsane derivatives are much more widely used than the bisabo-lanes. 

Cedarwood oil Atlas is obtained by steam distillation of the wood of C. atlantica, which is a pyramidal tree closely related to the pines up to about 40 m high and growing in the Atlas Mountains of Algeria. This oil is produced primarily in Morocco it has different odor characteristics than the Virginian and Texan oils. 

There are two main types of cedarwood sources for perfumery. One comprises plants of the juniperus family and the other of the cedrus family. The former are known as English, Texan or Chinese cedarwood and are produced principally in China and U.S.A. The leaf oils are extracted from this family. Chemically, the major components of these oils are based on the cedrane skeleton. The products obtained from members of the cedrus family are known as Atlas or Himalayan cedarwoods. They are produced in North Africa and the Himalayas and the chemical structure of their major components are based on the bisabolane skeleton. 

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