Ingredients · Amber & resins · dry-down

Cistus absolute

Say itSIS-tus absolute

Rich amber-honey with tobacco, leather and green-herbal undertones.

What it is

Natural absolute from solvent-extracted leaves and twigs of rockrose (Cistus ladanifer).

Where it comes from

Spain

When you smell it

Dry-down: hours later.

What perfumers do with it

Adds amber-leather warmth with a greener, leafier character than gum-based labdanum.

Worth knowing

Labdanum comes from the shrub's sticky gum; cistus products come from its leaves. Same plant, noticeably different smells.

Also called

Rockrose leaf absolute