ROCKROSE (LABDANUM) DISTILLATES (CISTUS LADANIFER) - HERBAL DISTILLATES

Cistus Ladanifer is a species of flowering plant in the family Cistaceae.  It is native to the western Mediterranean region.

It is a shrub growing 1 - 2,5 m tall and wide. The flowers are 5 - 8 cm diameter, with 5 papery white petals, usually with a red to maroon spot at the base, surrounding the yellow stamens and pistils. The whole plant is covered with the sticky exudate of fragrant resin.

Its leaves yield a fragrant oleoresin known as Labdanum, used in perfumes, especially as a fixative.

Labdanum essential oil is extracted by steam distillation resin. The water that came down with the essential oil is called the Labdanum Hydrosol (Distillate).

Cistus Ladanifer from Spain which comes as a resinoid, a thick liquid resin.