SMELLBOOK REFERENCE · SB-0003
Cedar
Permanent ID: smellbook: · updated 2026-10-06, revision 4
Character EDITORIAL
Cedar smells dry, warm and woody, with a clean, pencil-like character and a light resinous edge.
Words: woody, dry, warm, resinous. Families: Temperature and texture, Wood, earth and stone.
Met in: Forest.
Evidence
Scientific evidence
- Odorants of incense cedar pencil wood (CLM-INCENSECEDAR-001). Linda Schreiner, Helene M. Loos & Andrea Buettner, Identification of odorants in wood of Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin by aroma extract dilution analysis and two-dimensional gas chromatography–mass spectrometry/olfactometry, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2017.
Molecules named in these claims: thymoquinone. A molecule listed here is named in a VERIFIED claim about this smell. It is not presented as the cause of the smell; each claim says what its source supports.
Cite
SmellBook. (2026). Cedar (revision 4, 2026-10-06). SmellBook Public Atlas. smellbook:smell:cedar. https://smellbook.com/smells/cedar
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