labdanum

Definitions

A sticky brown resin obtained from species of rockrose, used mainly in perfume.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“Your onely way to make⟳ a good pomander, is this. Take⟳ an ownce of the pureſt garden mould, clenſed and ſteeped ſeauen daies in change⟳ of motherleſſe roſe water, then take⟳ the beſt Labdanum, Benioine, both Storaxes, amber greece, and Ciuet, and muſke, incorporate them together, and work⟳ them into what form⟳ you pleaſe; this, if your breath bee not to valiant, will make⟳ you ſmell as ſweete as my Ladies dogge.”

“Aromatics were used, too, especially in necromancy, and an old recipe of that sort⟳ comprises Musk, Myrrh, Frankincense, Red Storax, Mastick, Olibanum, Saffron, Benzoin and Labdanum.”

“(A chypre perfume is usually built with oak moss, patchouli and labdanum, an absolute of a dark, thick-smelling Mediterranean bush.)”

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