What Is Labdanum? The Ancient Resin in So Many Luxury Perfumes

What you’ll learn: Introduction What is labdanum? It’s one of perfumery’s oldest secrets, a sticky, fragrant resin harvested from a scraggly Mediterranean shrub, and it’s probably sitting in the base notes of several bottles on your shelf right now. If you’ve ever caught a warm, honeyed, slightly leathery undertone in a perfume and couldn’t quite … Read more