The plate: frankincense / olibanum
Planche XXXIV · OlibanFrankincense / olibanum · Boswellia sacra (syn. B. carteri)

Ingredients · Amber & resins · heart note

Olibanum CO2 extract

Say itoh-LIB-uh-num see-oh-TOO extract

Full, true-to-resin incense: citrus-pine top, peppery middle, balsamic base.

What it is
Natural extract from supercritical CO2 extract of Boswellia gum resin.
Where it comes from
Somalia, Oman
When you smell it
Heart: the first hours.
What perfumers do with it
Gives a rounder, more complete frankincense than the oil, bridging top and base.
Also called
Frankincense CO2

Not on the label of any of the 232 perfumes read so far.