Rooted in New Mexico Since 1971
We don’t recreate the scent of New Mexico. We begin with the real thing.
Clear Light Cedar creates small-batch bath, body and home products centered on wildcrafted New Mexico cedar essence.
Earthy, clean and unmistakably connected to the high desert, our signature aroma carries the feeling of sun-warmed earth, open skies and cedar after the rain. It is more than a fragrance. For many of our customers, it is a memory of New Mexico—and the feeling of coming home.
The original Clear Light — The Cedar Company, established in 1971.
The Scent That Started Everything
Long before “natural” became a marketing term, Clear Light was creating products inspired by the plants and landscapes of New Mexico.
The company began in 1971 with a simple belief: the aroma of New Mexico cedar deserved to be preserved and shared. That belief became a distinctive collection of cedar essence, incense, candles, body care and home fragrance unlike anything found in conventional stores.
More than five decades later, we remain devoted to that original idea.
We are not trying to make cedar smell sweeter, trendier or more familiar. We want it to smell like cedar—the crisp, earthy aroma carried through the high desert air.
True to the Cedar and the Land
Many “cedar-scented” products begin with a fragrance developed to suggest a forest.
Ours begin with New Mexico cedar.
That difference can be experienced immediately. The aroma is layered and alive—woody but not heavy, fresh but not sharp, grounding without disappearing into the background.
It is the scent customers remember years later. It is why people take our products home after visiting New Mexico, send them to someone who misses the Southwest and return when they need that feeling again.
You are not simply choosing another cedar fragrance. You are experiencing Clear Light Cedar.
Crafted in Small Batches
Small-batch production allows us to remain close to every product we make.
Our incense cones are formed and cured in the New Mexico climate. Our Spirit Sticks are crafted for a long, atmospheric burn. Our candles are hand-poured. Our lotions, sprays, oils and home products are prepared with attention to texture, aroma and the experience they create.
This approach takes more time, but it protects what matters: character, quality and a genuine connection to the ingredients.
We are not interested in making our products feel mass-produced. We want opening a bottle, lighting a candle or burning a piece of incense to feel like a small ritual—one that changes the atmosphere around you.
Made Here. Connected to Here.
Clear Light Cedar is a New Mexico TRUE Certified business based in Placitas, New Mexico, where the Sandia Mountains meet the high desert.
This landscape is not a theme added to our packaging. It shapes what we make, how we make it and why our products exist.
Our collections are handcrafted in small batches using New Mexico cedar essence and thoughtfully selected ingredients. From hand-formed incense and sun-cured cones to candles, room sprays, lotions and aromatic oils, each product is created to bring a little of this place into your everyday life.
Wildcrafted cedar essence. Small-batch production. A story that belongs to New Mexico.
A New Mexico Tradition, Carried Forward
A company that has existed since 1971 has lived more than one chapter.
Today, Clear Light Cedar is carrying its original legacy forward while thoughtfully expanding what a New Mexico cedar company can become. We are preserving the products longtime customers remember while developing new ways to experience cedar through body care, home fragrance, gifting and everyday ritual.
The work is guided by respect for the brand’s history, the landscape that inspired it and the customers who have kept Clear Light Cedar in their homes for generations.
Some first discovered us decades ago. Others found us during a visit to New Mexico. Many inherited their love of Clear Light Cedar from a parent, grandparent or friend.
Every order becomes part of that continuing story.
Why People Return
“Your cedar products are great reminders of New Mexico.”
“The elegant fragrance is as good as mountain air.”
“The Cedar Roll-On makes me think I’ve found heaven on earth.”
Our customers may come to us for incense, lotion or a bottle of Cedar Essence Oil. What they return for is the feeling those products create.
A calmer room.
A familiar memory.
A moment of stillness.
A connection to somewhere they love.
More Than a Fragrance
Clear Light Cedar represents a place, a tradition and a particular way of experiencing the natural world.
We believe the things you bring into your home should mean something. They should be made with intention, offer a genuine sensory experience and help create the atmosphere in which you want to live.
That is what we have been creating since 1971.
New Mexico cedar for peace, positivity and place.
Products with a Sense of Place
Clear Light Cedar products are made for the moments when you want to slow down, settle the room or reconnect with yourself.
Light a cedar candle at the end of a long day.
Burn incense before meditation, writing or welcoming guests.
Mist your linens with the clean aroma of the high desert.
Massage cedar lotion into your hands and carry the scent with you.
Our products are useful, beautiful and deeply sensory. They turn ordinary routines into moments of peace, positivity and place.
