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Labdanum Absolute ~ Cistus ladaniferus

Posted by Candice Covington on

Labdanum Absolute ~ Cistus ladaniferus
Photo Credit: Felip Alcon 

The cistus flower also known as rock rose--has a luminous yellow center, with five blazing white petals, at their base a fiery red dot. Although labdanum, is harvested from the long stems of the cistus shrub, a scented gum resin. Cistus is a sun-loving plant that thrives in arid conditions, this special relationship with the sun, provides the circumstances that produces labdanum. To use labdanum, is to awaken to and understand, your inner essences of the sun.  

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