Mastic or Lentisque

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Mastic (lentisque) is the resin of Pistacia lentiscus, smelling fresh-green and balsamic: piney and herbal with a terpenic citrus sparkle, a peppery snap, and soft woody, slightly leathery–incense undertones that evoke sun-baked Mediterranean scrub and seaside evergreens. In perfumery, its essential oil or absolute adds translucent green-resinous lift and a discreet fixative sheen, bridging citrus tops to woody, amber, or incense bases in colognes, chypres, fougères, and leather styles, and pairing naturally with galbanum, cypress, pine, rosemary, labdanum, and frankincense.

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