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Labdanum absolute

CAS 8016-26-0  ·  Natural  ·  Base note  ·  Balsamic

Impact

7 of 10

Substantivity

17 days on a blotter

Working dilution

Neat or 10% both are common on the bench
Resinous 50%Amber 25%Leather 17%Gourmand 8%
labdanum 33%balsamic 28%warm 22%animalic 17%

What does Labdanum absolute smell like?

Deep, sweet balsamic-ambery absolute from Cistus ladanifer gum with leathery, honeyed, dried-fruit and animalic undertones; the closest natural material to the smell of ambergris. Cornerstone of every classic amber accord (with benzoin and vanillin) and of chypre and leather bases.

balsamicamberlabdanumleatheryhoneyambergris

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What is Labdanum absolute made of?

An estimate, not a certificate of analysis. PerfuMate sums it when it checks a formula; paste your own supplier analysis and it takes over.

ConstituentCASShare
Eugenol 97-53-0 0.3%
Benzyl alcohol 100-51-6 0.3%
Cinnamic alcohol 104-54-1 0.2%
Geraniol 106-24-1 0.2%

What else is Labdanum absolute called?

Cistus absolute  ·  Rockrose absolute  ·  Labdanum gum absolute  ·  Cistus labdanum absolute  ·  Labdanum resin absolute  ·  Ciste resinoide  ·  Labdanum resinoid  ·  Labdanum

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Which materials are closest to Labdanum absolute?

Ranked by shared olfactive sub-categories, not alphabetically.

Published formulas using Labdanum absolute

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and 3 more.

What blends well with Labdanum absolute?

Read from the published formulas: beside Labdanum absolute in at least two of them.

What can replace Labdanum absolute?

Computed, not collected from forums. A pair covers together what one cannot. The number is how much of this material's character a bottle carries, not a promise that it is the same thing.

  • Labdanum (F-TEC) 39% + Hydrocarboresine 62%
    carries Labdanum resinous, Balsamic resinous, Warm amber. Animalic leather; Honey gourmand; Resin amber; Balsamic amber; Labdanum (F-TEC) brings the Warm amber side (39%); Hydrocarboresine brings the Labdanum resinous side (61%)
    64%
  • Labdanum (F-TEC) 66% + Propolis Absolute 34%
    carries Balsamic resinous, Warm amber, Honey gourmand, Resin amber. Labdanum resinous; Animalic leather; Labdanum (F-TEC) brings the Warm amber side (66%); Propolis Absolute brings the Balsamic resinous side (34%); lasts about 2.7x shorter on paper
    64%
  • Fixateur 404 80% + Clary Sage Absolute 20%
    carries Balsamic resinous, Warm amber, Resin amber, Balsamic amber. Labdanum resinous; Animalic leather; Honey gourmand; Fixateur 404 brings the Balsamic resinous side (80%); Clary Sage Absolute brings the Warm amber side (20%)
    63%
  • Labdanum (F-TEC) 71% + Peru Balsam Resinoid 29%
    carries Balsamic resinous, Warm amber, Resin amber, Balsamic amber. Labdanum resinous; Animalic leather; Honey gourmand; Labdanum (F-TEC) brings the Warm amber side (71%); Peru Balsam Resinoid brings the Balsamic resinous side (29%); lasts about 2.4x shorter on paper
    63%
  • Fixateur 404 65% + Labdanum (F-TEC) 35%
    carries Balsamic resinous, Warm amber, Resin amber, Balsamic amber. Labdanum resinous; Animalic leather; Honey gourmand; Fixateur 404 brings the Balsamic resinous side (65%); Labdanum (F-TEC) brings the Warm amber side (35%); a molecule standing in for a natural: the rest of the oil does not come with it
    62%

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Labdanum absolute

A written odor description
yes
Olfactive families, in dominance order
4
Sub-categories under them
4
Impact, out of 10
7
Hours on a blotter
17 days
CAS number
yes
Supplier and trade synonyms
8
Constituent breakdown
4 molecules

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Described in words
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Impact rating out of 10
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Classified into an olfactive family
2,172
Carrying several families, in order
2,070
Sub-category assignments
9,899 across 229 pairs
A top / heart / base band
2,157
Hours on a blotter
898
CAS number
1,642
Supplier synonyms
5,888 names
Constituent breakdowns
739

Every regulatory join - IFRA, GHS, allergens - is by CAS number, and a material can supply one through its constituents as well as its own row, so of the 569 materials carrying no CAS number the 244 without a constituent table are the ones that return "nothing known" rather than "nothing applies". The blotter hours are sourced rather than measured by us, and the app labels every one of them an estimate. There is no physical chemistry on a row: no molecular weight, no vapour pressure, no boiling point. The longer answer, or the whole catalog counted.