A thick, honeyed amber opens with warm balsamic sweetness before revealing a smoky leather undertone and faint olibanum dryness. The overall impression is of something ancient and precious — amber that glows rather than shouts. Viscous and deeply comforting on the blotter. Where labdanum absolute can overwhelm a formula, this extract channels the same raw material into a more refined, focused amber impression. Oriental accords take on a darker, more sensual foundation. Your leather and incense compositions gain a complexity from this extract that sets it apart from standard labdanum absolute. Low doses in a chypre or fougere furnish amber warmth without tipping the balance. Go full oriental by stacking it with benzoin resinoid, vanilla absolute, frankincense and myrrh for a sacred resin effect. The smoky-sweet facet also grounds oud compositions that need a softer anchor. Owing to its thickness we sell this pure and diluted to 50% in natural TEC, making it easier to use when working in natural perfumery. NOTE: This is a specialty extract of labdanum by Biolandes and should not be confused with Ambreine Samuelson (and the natural variant of the same) which is a historic base of citrus, resins and vanilla.
