Rock Rose Essential Oil

Cistus ladanifer

Rock Rose (Cistus ladanifer) is steam distilled from the aerial parts of a shrub in the Cistaceae family. Ours comes from certified organic plants grown in Spain. The aroma is sweet, warm, and earthy, with fresh and herbaceous edges that settle into a base note.

The chemistry is led by monoterpenes, which average close to 58% overall. α-Pinene is the standout, typically 25-51% in our batches, and it's the component Rock Rose is best loved for: antimicrobial, and comforting when your body feels achy after exertion. Camphene runs about 4-7%, with bornyl acetate (an ester) around 2-4%. Rock Rose is also valued as an astringent and for its immunostimulant character.

Every batch we bring in is independently GC-MS tested, and the full report for each one lives right here on this page, so you can see the chemistry you're actually working with.

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Batch History & Chemistry

Batch	Distilled	Origin
RRS-117	08/20/2024	Spain
RRS-116	10/15/2023	Spain
RRS-115	06/28/2023	Spain
RRS-114	09/14/2022	Spain
RRS-113	06/01/2022	Spain

Batch RRS-117

Print Report Original GC-MS Report

Distillation date: 08/20/2024
Extraction: Steam Distilled
Cultivation: Certified Organic
Country of origin: Spain

Top 5 components

of 126 measured

ComponentFamily%

α-pineneMonoterpene25.12%

campheneMonoterpene6.57%

terpinen-4-olMonoterpenol4.59%

p-cymeneMonoterpene4.15%

bornyl acetateEster3.61%

Monoterpene

α-pinene25.12%

camphene6.57%

p-cymene4.15%

limonene (d)2.90%

γ-terpinene2.64%

terpinolene1.65%

α-terpinene1.12%

β-pinene1.12%

tricyclene0.88%

α-phellandrene0.76%

α-thujene0.31%

o-cymene0.15%

(Z)-β-ocimene0.15%

sabinene0.10%

p-mentha-1,3,8-triene · 1,3,8-para-menthatriene0.08%

p-mentha-1,3,8-triene · para-menthatriene0.07%

styrene0.06%

α-fenchene0.03%

Monoterpenol

terpinen-4-ol4.59%

(E)-pinocarveol3.05%

α-terpineol1.62%

borneol1.08%

linalool0.78%

(E)-carveol0.21%

p-cymen-8-ol0.19%

isoborneol0.12%

fenchol0.09%

Sesquiterpene

viridiflorene2.00%

β-caryophyllene1.00%

δ-cadinene0.92%

allo-aromadendrene0.86%

α-copaene0.76%

longicyclene0.73%

β-selinene0.39%

aromadendrene0.31%

α-calacorene0.27%

dauca-5,8-diene0.23%

α-gurjunene0.20%

γ-muurolene0.13%

(E)-cadina-1,4-diene0.08%

sativene0.06%

α-selinene0.06%

amorpha-4,11-diene0.05%

α-caryophyllene0.04%

(E,E)-α-farnesene0.04%

β-guaiene0.03%

β-copaene0.01%

Sesquiterpenol

viridiflorol2.75%

ledol0.96%

1,10-epi-cubenol0.50%

cubeban-11-ol0.35%

palustrol0.24%

α-muurolol · α-muurolene0.17%

spathulenol0.15%

α-muurolol0.14%

epi-cubenol0.05%

globulol0.05%

gleenol0.04%

isospathulenol0.03%

τ-muurolol0.03%

Ester

bornyl acetate3.61%

myrtenyl acetate0.42%

(Z)-pinocarvyl acetate0.22%

(E)-carvyl acetate0.13%

(Z)-muurola-3,5-diene0.11%

(Z)-3-hexenyl benzoate0.06%

geranyl acetate0.02%

(Z)-carvyl acetate0.01%

benzyl benzoate0.01%

Ketone

thuja-2,4(10)-diene1.13%

pinocamphone1.05%

pinocarvone0.67%

verbenone0.46%

acetophenone0.23%

camphor0.20%

carvone0.18%

β-cyclocitral0.14%

p-methylacetophenone0.09%

piperitone0.08%

6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one0.07%

nopinone0.06%

carvotanacetone0.05%

Other

dehydro-p-cymene1.79%

16.94 ocimenone<z->0.52%

13.19 tagetone<e->0.22%

nonacosane0.20%

(E)-calamenene0.19%

heptacosane0.11%

20.58 verbanol acetate<iso->0.10%

2,6-dimethyl-1,5-heptadiene0.09%

cadalene0.08%

β-thujone0.08%

6-methyl-3,5-heptadien-2-one0.05%

25.10 ionone<dihydro-α->0.05%

3-p-menthene0.05%

octane0.04%

1-tetradecanol0.04%

38.81 ambroxide0.04%

48.66 kaurene0.03%

tricosane0.03%

m-xylene0.03%

20.29 elsholtzia ketone<β-dehydro->0.03%

phytone0.03%

toluene0.02%

21.98 piperitenone0.02%

26.08 ionone<dihydro-β->0.02%

turmerol0.02%

dodecane0.01%

49.40 sclareolide0.01%

pentacosane0.01%

heptanal0.01%

Aldehyde

α-campholene aldehyde0.86%

myrtenal0.78%

nonanal0.34%

phellandral0.15%

benzaldehyde0.07%

cuminal0.06%

2-decanal0.04%

decane0.02%

pentadecanal0.01%

Oxide

neryl oxide0.20%

(Z)-rose oxide0.16%

caryophyllene oxide0.14%

1,4-cineole0.03%

Phenol

carvacrol0.17%

Furan

furan, 2,5-diethenyltetrahydro-2-methyl0.12%

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