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Labdanum
€ 65.00
Cistus ladanifer, Cistus creticus, C. incanus
50 ml. (1.6 fl.oz.) Eau de Parfum | € 65.00 |
Description
Labdanum is obtained from the shrubs Cistus ladanifer (western Mediterranean) and Cistus creticus (eastern Mediterranean), species of rockrose.
Several fragrant oils are made from Rock Rose, Cistus ladanifer. Labdanum Absolute is extracted with solvent from the resin.
An easy way to remember the difference: Labdanum is from resin, and Cistus is from vegetation.
Labdanum has a warm sweet, musky, amber, resinous, balsamic scent. It is used as a fixative.
It has a long history of use in herbal medicine and as a perfume ingredient.
Botanical name: Cistus ladanifer, C. creticus, C. incanus
Synonyms: Rockrose
Family: Cistaceae, rock rose family
Origin: Mediterranean area. Dry, sunny. Partly grown for its content of labdanum, partly for the pretty flowers.
Special constituents: The alcohol ambrettolide (ambrain, ambrein), which is also found in true Ambergris from sperm whales. Mixed terpenes, the oxide eucalyptol and the alcohol geraniol
Properties: Antiseptic, anti-microbial, astringent, emmenagogue, expectorant, sedative, vulnerary.Â
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