Silky smooth and velvety soft, opoponax is a divine fixative—seamlessly blending notes and lengthening their effect. Adding a weighty warmth to the base of fragrances, opoponax permeates with an undeniable complexity of balsamic softness.
Opoponax—sometimes written as “opopanax”—is a warm, balsamic gum resin native to the Horn of Africa. It is a close relation to frankincense and myrrh: embodying similar qualities, but with its own distinct profile. Opoponax derives from the bark of a tree belonging to the Barseraceae family and the genus Commiphora, which grows in the dry, rugged climates of Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea.
This perfume, created in 1901, tells the story of this plant, known to The Egyptians and Babylonians, who used the opoponax plant to fumigate and also to flavour wine. The smell of opoponax resin is close to that of myrrh: sweet, balsamic, spicy with fresh notes.
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