Ladanum (Noun)
Meaning
A soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Perfumers added ladanum to their scents to deepen the fragrance and prolong its aroma.
- Ladanum has been a valued component of traditional perfumery for thousands of years, with its distinctive balsamic odor and resinous properties.
- Due to the resinous and tenacious properties of ladanum, a little of this fragrant ingredient can be highly effective.
- Fragrant wreaths and crowns in ancient times were also sometimes bound together using a natural glue or balsam like ladanum.
- For an incense maker or perfumer seeking the original wild incense smell of resin and leaves, pure ladanum offers unique fixative potential.