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Alchemical Aromatics of Medieval Apothecaries
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  • 1. Resin from styrax trees, a sweet fixative in old perfumery
  • 3. Resinous timber scent, symbolizing strength and sanctity
  • 5. Delicate herbaceous root, often ground for sacred anointing oils
  • 8. Herb with antiseptic and fragrant properties, popular in monastic apothecaries
  • 11. Bark spice that warmed ancient elixirs and perfumed courts
  • 13. Combusted aromatic gum associated with ritualistic fragrance
  • 19. Biblical resin prized for its bitter-sweet fragrance and healing
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  • 2. Aril of nutmeg, adding a warm, musky nuance to scented waters
  • 4. Fragrant heartwood from India, symbolizing purity and used in incense
  • 6. Floating sea treasure, a masculine fixative named after fossilized amber
  • 7. Spikenard's aromatic root, exalted in religious ointments
  • 9. Spice flower buds with sharply pungent and spicy olfaction
  • 10. Distillate of damask blooms, central to medieval olfactory arts
  • 12. Spicy bark akin to cinnamon, often confused in medieval texts
  • 14. Sticky resin from Cistus shrubs, foundational in leather-like notes
  • 15. Earthy, grassy rhizome used to fix scents away from decay
  • 16. Rare whale secretion, a coveted nocturnal note in medieval scents
  • 17. Rock-rose resin, a Mediterranean gum perfumers cherished
  • 18. Latin for 'oil' used as the base in ancient scent concoctions

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