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Esoteric Aromatics of Antiquity
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  • 1. Spice bark with a warm pungent scent, esteemed in ancient aromatic blends
  • 2. Dried flower bud with a strong, warm aroma, used in ancient scent mixtures
  • 3. Frankincense’s other name, a resin emitting a sacred smoky fragrance
  • 4. Resinous fixative once traded along Arabian routes, aromatic and balsamic
  • 7. Floral essence named for a Greek myth, used as a symbol of fleeting scent
  • 9. Fragrant Himalayan spikenard, a costly antiseptic and perfume additive
  • 12. Wax-like rare marine secretion used as a valued perfume base note
  • 13. One of the components of biblical incense, often thought a finer myrrh
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  • 5. Floral distillation central to Persian perfuming arts, subtle and refined
  • 6. Gum resin prized since antiquity for sacred incense and perfumery
  • 8. Sticky resin secreted by Mediterranean shrubs, essential in archaic fragrances
  • 10. Root whose powder imparts a violet-like fixative note in historic blushes
  • 11. A lesser-known cinnamon variant, sweet and spicy, from the Lauraceae family

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