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It is an important material used in making perfumes. It also increases the longevity and the permanence of the smell of the mixture to which it is added. Hyacinth grows in the mountainous areas of the Himalaya. Even if it has different names depending on the region where it grows, the most common usage name for the plant is Indian Hyacinth. Another way of using the plant that makes up the raw material of perfume is to make its oil by distillation in steam. This oil is obtained from the root of the plant. The color of the oil is light yellow, while its smell has a heavy, woody and spicy structure. Indian hyacinth, which was used in many perfumes in ancient times, is an important material used especially by the Romans.