Labdanum

Quick meaning: Labdanum is a noun meaning A sticky brown resin obtained from species of rockrose, used mainly in perfume.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

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

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.

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.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for labdanum

Depending on context, synonyms include ladanum.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ladanum, benzoresinol, benzoin, resin, colophony, labdane.

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