Himalayan Cedarwood Oil

#### Cedarwood Oil, Himalaya. Himalayan cedarwood oil is also called **Deodar Cedarwood Oil**. It is steam distilled from the wood of **Cedrus Deodara **which grows at high altitude in the mountains of Himalaya, toward northern India, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Distillation takes place locally, and the trees are felled exclusively for the production of the essential oil since the wood is of little or no use as a lumber. The tree is very closely related to **Cedrus**** ****Atlantica**** **and **Cedrus**** ****Libani**** **(see **Cedarwood**** ****Oil, Atlas **and **Cedarwood Oil, Lebanon). **The **Deodar Cedar **tree has been introduced in Europe as a decorative plant. It grows now in English countrysides, in central Europe and other places unusual for this mountain tree. The interest in essential oils and in the local production of same in India has increased enormously since World War II. **Deodar**** ****Cedarwood**** ****Oil**** **is one of the oils which probably will be produced regularly on a comparatively large scale (50 to 200 metric tons per year). **Deodar Cedarwood Oil **is a yellowish to brownish-yellow oil (when crude), somewhat viscous and of rich, sweet-woody, almost balsamic odor, closely reminiscent of Atlas cedarwood oil. It presents similar cresylic-camphoraceous topnotes, but it also becomes delicately sweet-woody on its lasting dryout. It is conceivable that this essential oil will be produced mainly for the purpose of supplying the Indian soap industry with a perfume material which otherwise had to be imported. **Deodar**** ****Cedarwood Oil **can replace the **Atlas Cedarwood Oil **is almost any soap perfume formula.