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Labdanum absolute
Labdanum absolute is extracted with ethanol from the resin of the gum rockrose.
The perfume industry takes the resin for its aromatic and fixative properties, where it has stood in for ambergris. It is the base of the teaching amber and chypre accords.
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- Name
- labdanum absolute
documented
The labdanum gum can be extracted with ethanol to yield the absolute.
CIS-1 · Gago C, Bakchiche B, Djekhioua T, da Graça Miguel M · read 2026-09-30
confidence A
- Kind
- natural
perfumery convention
the trade’s shared vocabulary; no single source
an absolute of a plant resin
confidence B
- Botanical
- Cistus ladanifer L.
documented
Raw gum labdanum is a resin extracted from the photosynthetic leaves and stems of
CIS-1 · Gago C, Bakchiche B, Djekhioua T, da Graça Miguel M · read 2026-09-30
confidence A
- Part
- the resin (labdanum gum) exuded by the leaves and stems
documented
Raw gum labdanum is a resin extracted from the photosynthetic leaves and stems of
CIS-1 · Gago C, Bakchiche B, Djekhioua T, da Graça Miguel M · read 2026-09-30
confidence A
- Extraction
- solvent extraction
documented
The labdanum gum can be extracted with ethanol to yield the absolute.
CIS-1 · Gago C, Bakchiche B, Djekhioua T, da Graça Miguel M · read 2026-09-30
ethanol on the gum
confidence A
- Grade
- not on record
not on record
no grade on record
- Descriptors
- balsamic, amber
perfumery convention
the trade’s shared vocabulary; no single source
the trade’s words; LAB-1 documents its use for "its aromatic and fixative properties, replacing ambergris", not these words
confidence B
- Regulation
- not on record
not on record
no Regulation record names it
- Price band
- not on record
not on record
nothing on the site is for sale (the decisions log)
- Wikidata
- Q138773840
documented
a thick, sticky, dark amber-green, or brownish resinous extract derived via solvent extraction from the leaves and twigs of the Cistus ladaniferus shrub (rockrose)
WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) · read 2026-09-30
the Wikidata item’s English description; a label match: the item is “labdanum absolute”, described as “a thick, sticky, dark amber-green, or brownish resinous extract derived via solvent extraction from the leaves and twigs of the Cistus ladaniferus shrub (rockrose)”; chosen from a name search (2026-09-30)
confidence B
- Constituents
- In teaching accords
Sources
- CIS-1 · Gago C, Bakchiche B, Djekhioua T, da Graça Miguel M. Cistus ladanifer L.: Essential Oils, Volatiles, By-Products, and Their Biological Properties. Molecules. 2025;30(22):4425. doi.org/10.3390/molecules30224425 · read 2026-09-30 · CC BY 4.0
- LAB-1 · Frazão DF, et al. Labdanum Resin from Cistus ladanifer L. as a Source of Compounds with Anti-Diabetic, Neuroprotective and Anti-Proliferative Activity. Molecules. 2024;29(10):2222. doi.org/10.3390/molecules29102222 · read 2026-09-30 · CC BY 4.0
- WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation): the items named on each record (each statement read with its references), read 2026-09-30. www.wikidata.org · read 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0
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this record as data: /data/material/labdanum-absolute.json · version 3 · updated 2026-10-01 · confidence A