{
 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "id": "labdanum-absolute",
 "type": "Material",
 "version": 1,
 "updated": "2026-09-30",
 "station": 2,
 "confidence": "A",
 "sources": [
  "CIS-1",
  "LAB-1"
 ],
 "name": {
  "value": "labdanum absolute",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "CIS-1",
  "where": "docs/sources/CIS-1-gago-2025-cistus-ladanifer.md:21",
  "quote": "The labdanum gum can be extracted with ethanol to yield the absolute.",
  "confidence": "A"
 },
 "kind": {
  "value": "natural",
  "evidence": "perfumery convention",
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": "B",
  "note": "an absolute of a plant resin"
 },
 "botanical": {
  "value": "cistus-ladanifer",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "CIS-1",
  "where": "docs/sources/CIS-1-gago-2025-cistus-ladanifer.md:18",
  "quote": "Raw gum labdanum is a resin extracted from the photosynthetic leaves and stems of",
  "confidence": "A"
 },
 "part": {
  "value": "the resin (labdanum gum) exuded by the leaves and stems",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "CIS-1",
  "where": "docs/sources/CIS-1-gago-2025-cistus-ladanifer.md:18",
  "quote": "Raw gum labdanum is a resin extracted from the photosynthetic leaves and stems of",
  "confidence": "A"
 },
 "extraction": {
  "value": "solvent-extraction",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "CIS-1",
  "where": "docs/sources/CIS-1-gago-2025-cistus-ladanifer.md:21",
  "quote": "The labdanum gum can be extracted with ethanol to yield the absolute.",
  "confidence": "A",
  "note": "ethanol on the gum"
 },
 "grade": {
  "value": null,
  "evidence": null,
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": null,
  "note": "no grade on record"
 },
 "descriptors": {
  "value": [
   "balsamic",
   "amber"
  ],
  "evidence": "perfumery convention",
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": "B",
  "note": "the trade’s words; LAB-1 documents its use for \"its aromatic and fixative properties, replacing ambergris\", not these words"
 },
 "descriptor_links": [
  {
   "as_used": "balsamic",
   "descriptor": "balsamic"
  },
  {
   "as_used": "amber",
   "descriptor": "amber"
  }
 ],
 "constituents": [],
 "regulation": {
  "value": null,
  "evidence": null,
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": null,
  "note": "no Regulation record names it"
 },
 "price_band": {
  "value": null,
  "evidence": null,
  "source": null,
  "where": null,
  "confidence": null,
  "note": "nothing on the site is for sale (DECISIONS_LOG P2-2)"
 },
 "media": [],
 "links": {},
 "notes": "Constituents: LAB-1 says the resin \"is mostly composed by labdane-type diterpenes and methylated flavonoid aglycones\"; no Molecule record is made for those classes.",
 "copy": {
  "lede": "Labdanum absolute is extracted with ethanol from the resin of the gum rockrose.",
  "body": [
   "The perfume industry takes the resin for its aromatic and fixative properties, where it has stood in for ambergris. It is the base of the teaching amber and chypre accords."
  ]
 }
}