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The smell of pencils, closets, and men who peaked in 2014.
means A warm, dry, woody scent (and the aromatic wood itself) prized in furniture, pencils, chests, and cologne for its sharp, resinous smell.
from Straightforward compound: 'cedar' plus 'wood.' Cedar traces back through Old French and Latin 'cedrus' to Greek 'kedros,' the name for the fragrant evergreen conifers of the Mediterranean and Middle East — the same trees whose scent-rich timber was prized in antiquity for temples, chests, and embalming because it resisted rot and repelled insects. The 'wood' half just got tacked on in English to specify the material rather than the tree itself.
- actual source
- not always cedar, often juniper or cypress trees
- moth repellent
- its natural oils actually do deter moths
- fragrance role
- base note, makes other scents last longer
- ancient use
- egyptians used cedar oil to embalm mummies