AbdesSalaam Attar Perfumes

Labdanum

Name: Labdanum - Cistus ladanifer, Cistus creticus, C. incanus - Perfumetherapy
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SKU: 8308
Price: 65.00 EUR
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€ 65.00

Cistus ladanifer, Cistus creticus, C. incanus

50 ml. (1.6 fl.oz.) Eau de Parfum

In Stock

€ 65.00

Brand: La Via del Profumo by AbdesSalaam Attar

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, ambery, 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 labdanum content and 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.