Labdanum resinoid

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Thick, balsamic amber; sweet resin, leather and faint smoke, less refined than absolute.

What it is: Natural resin extract from solvent-extracted rockrose gum (Cistus ladanifer).
Where it comes from: Spain
When you smell it: Dry-down: hours later.
What perfumers do with it: Economical amber fixative; anchors orientals, fougères and leather accords and slows evaporation of lighter notes.
Also called: Labdanum resin extract

Named by the house, not on the label, in 1