Fragrance note · Resins and balsams
French labdanum
Warm amber, dry herbs, leathery resin and a faint animal-like sweetness.
You may know it from the scent of some incense resins
Where it comes from
Natural
A sticky resin extracted from the leaves of Mediterranean rockrose shrubs.
Worth knowing
Despite its name, it is not made from the laboratory.
Accords it shows up in
How many of the fragrances listing French labdanum in our catalogue also carry each accord. We counted this ourselves.
Often paired with
The notes that appear next to French labdanum most often in our catalogue.
Well-known fragrances with French labdanum
Fragrances that list it in their notes, most-rated first.
Houses that use it most
Ranked by how many of their well-known fragrances list French labdanum.