Opoponax

Balsamic, warm, amber, resinous.

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.

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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.