Elemi

Elemi is a bright, fresh resin that adds a sparkling, slightly lemony quality to perfumery that bridges citrus and balsamic families beautifully. Harvested from tropical trees in the Philippines, elemi produces a soft, clean resinous scent with distinct hints of lemon, pepper, and fennel.

It is lighter and more transparent than heavier resins like benzoin or myrrh. In fragrance, elemi adds a luminous freshness to the base of compositions, keeping resinous bases from feeling too heavy.

It pairs beautifully with frankincense for a bright incense character, with citrus for enhanced sparkle, with woods for a clean base, with other resins for a complete balsamic experience, and with spices for an aromatic warmth. You will find elemi in many fresh oriental and modern aromatic compositions.