Labdanum Essential Oil is derived from the plant called Rock Rose. Labdanum is used primarily as a perfume oil to ground and balance competing scents.
Often confused with Rock Rose, the flower essence (Helianthemum canadense), which is another plant and oil. Labdanum oil is made from the crude gum of the plant. The crude gum is prepared by boiling the dried leaves and twigs in water. The gum is then skimmed off the surface of the water and dried. An essential oil can be distilled from this crude gum and is the one most prized for its ambergris qualities (and is often used as synthetic ambergris).

This is used as a perfume fixative. The rock rose plant is botanically known as Cistus landaniferus. This plant is native to the Mediterranean mountainous regions and is produced in Spain, France, Morocco, Greece, Cyprus. This oil has been used in perfumes for hundreds of years because of its excellent fixative powers and its ambergris-like qualities. As a gum it has medicinal properties and is used for catarrh, diarrhea, and dysentery and externally in plasters.The oil reflects yellow color and is used as a fixative to hold fragrance.

Uses of Labdanum Oil

• This oil is used for mature skin and wrinkles, wounds, boils, inflamed or irritated skin.
• This oil relieves pain of rheumatoid arthritis.
• The oil induces menstruation.
• It prevents urinary infection due to being anti-microbial in nature.
• It is also used in aromatherapy as it reduce stress, uplift moods, loosen tight muscles.
• This oil is used for bronchitis, diarrhea, water retention (edema), hernia, tumors, leprosy, and hardening of the spleen.
• People apply labdanum to the skin as a drying agent and to stop bleeding from minor cuts.
• Labdanum oil is also used as a flavoring agent for flavoring food and beverages.
• labdanum absolute and oil are used as fragrance in cosmetics.
• Labdanum is also used to kill pests and insects.
• This oil can also be used in Aroma lamp, bath, inhaler, light bulb ring, liquid candle, massage, mist spray.

Benefits of Labdanum Oil

• Labdanum oil provides immediate relief in congestion of respiratory tract.
• This oil can help in prompt and effective distressing and in stimulating mental cells for complete and soothing feelings.
• The oil offers flavor to food and beverages.
• This oil can help one get emotional poise and balance and freedom from mood swings and confused mind.