Mastic

About Mastic

Mastic is a green resin note associated with lentisque resin. It is not a soft sweet balsam; it suggests Mediterranean shrubs, green resin, dry bitterness, cool leaves, and sunlit aromatic texture.

Scent Profile

The profile is green, resinous, dry, bitter, and lightly balsamic. It feels lighter than pine resin and stickier than herbs, with a coastal shrubland dryness.

Use in Perfumery

Mastic works from the heart into the base with citrus, fig leaf, herbs, incense, pine, leather, amber, vetiver, and musks. It gives green resin texture and natural dryness.

Did You Know?

It can make citrus feel more textured and woods feel less heavy. Incense reveals a sharper resinous side, while amber warms the dry green bite. Mastic is especially useful when a composition needs freshness but also a tangible resin surface. Fig leaf can make it greener, while musk keeps the bitterness wearable. Cypress and pine can connect it to a coastal forest image. Mastic is known in food and traditional uses as well as scent. In perfume, its value is a dry Mediterranean greenness that can balance sweetness and add aromatic bite.