Benzoin Absolute/70% Tincture, Sumatra

Styrax benzoin resinoid.

Styrax is harvested in a similar way to frankincense, and, if you stretch it, in a fraternal way to agarwood. it's a jungle extraction, and the resinoid is considered a perfume fixative--sweet, warm and vanilla tones.

Product Information

Wildcrafted in Sumatra.

This is actually a resinoid tinctured in alcohol at 30% for pourability.

Benzoin resin is extracted in a similar way to frankincense. A scraping is made in the tree trunk and the exudate slowly presents itself, slowly hardening as it meets air. This is benzoin resin. In fact, benzoin was referred to as the “Frankincense of the East” by the Arab traders who originally brought it to Europe. The name in Arabic, luban jawi, which means Incense of Java gradually metamorphosed into Gum Benjamin or gum benzoin.

Amber like, warm, sweet, with a vanilla powder note.

Benzoin is known to be a fixative in perfumery and a preservative in cosmetics. Blends especially well with altas cedar, cistus, frankincense, myrrh, patchouli, rose, sandalwood, and vetiver

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Major constituents

Benzyl benzoate, Cinnamic acid, Benzoic acid, cinnamyl benzoate

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