Juniperus oxycedrus is a branched tree or shrub, native to southern Europe. It has linear-subulate, prickly-pointed
leaves. It flowers in axillary catkins, and has red, round berries much larger than J. comminum (common juniper). The part used is
the wood portion.
Cade oil is identical to juniper tar, obtained by destructive distillation of the wood from Jeniperus oxycedrus. The oil
usually is rectified under vacuum to improve color and solubility. The cade oil used in perfumery is usually a rectified oil.
Yellow oil. Soluble in alcohol.
Rectified cade oil is a clear orange-brown to dark-brown oily liquid with an intense, tar-like,
smoky, phenolic odor.
Use of Juniper tar in perfumery is limited to situations where a smoky leathery, woody phenolic, dry and warm note is called for in forest notes,
leather bases, fougeres, pine for men's fragrances and in the imitation of certain essential oils and oakmoss; has certain disinfectant
properties for which it can be utilized in soap perfumes, for example combined with thyme, origanum, elove, and similar phenolic oils
(if the discoloration creates no serious problem) and with cassia oil, Melaleuca alternifolia and Ocotea pretiosa; in the flavoring of meat
and seafood, to whieh it imparts the smoke note previously obtained in a regular smokehouse; in eczema and psoriatk medieations.
Chief constituent is cadinene, a sesquiterpene.
Essential oil composition
The main constituents include d-cadinene, a sesquiterpene, l-cadinol and dimethylnaphthalene.
