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The origin of the word cyclamen is the Greek word kyklos, meaning a circle and her petals open as elegant brightly colored butterfly wings, floating in tandem, circling the stem. The Chinese artist Zhang Daqian a painter from the 20^th century would make fantastical translations of a flower’s scientific name into a Chinese name based on pronunciation. The cyclamen’s Chinese name is Xiankelai, which means ‘the guest comes from the fairyland,’ and indeed the energy of this absolute is ethereal.

Photo Credit: Felip Alcon 

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.