Labdanum is the main ingredient used when making the scent of amber in perfumery. Labdanum's odour is variously described as amber, animalic, sweet, fruity, woody, ambergris, dry musk, or leathery.
Which perfumes contain labdanum?
Exploring Labdanum
- Muga Bravanariz A leathery and animalic take on the material.
- PG8.1 L'Ombre Fauve Pierre Guillaume - Parfumerie Générale Labdanum as part of the classic amber blend.
- Marquis de Sade Etat Libre d'Orange A perfume purposedly built around labdanum. ...
- Ithaka Mendittorosa Balsamic aromas of Greek islands.
Is labdanum the same as Rock Rose?
Labdanum – from the Cistus plant (better known to some gardeners as Rock Rose) – is a pillar of chypre perfumes and many Orientals. What you smell actually comes from a sticky brown resin, taken from a plant that grows (often in very inhospitable, dry locations) in the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Middle East.
