It is one of the perfumes that has a lot of use in the perfumes used. It is stated that the classical authors gave the oldest definition of this perfume as stacte. When the sources that we have are examined, it is stated that Theophrastos' oil appeared in drops of the material that we call stakte when myrrh was damaged. To get this perfume, it dec enough to combine its simple components. For example, first of all, it can be said that the myrrh exposed to a slight fire will have oil, then after adding hot water, the myrrh and oil deposits will settle to the bottom at the end of all these processes, the myrrh remaining at the top of the water floats, and perfume can be obtained by pressing. Theophrastos also mentions that this perfume is the most suitable for women, as well as the fact that the perfume obtained from myrrh, according to any perfume, lasts for a long time.
Palestinians, at the beginning of the XVIII century, they used perfumes based on olive oil. Palestinians who make sacred perfumes for God during mass ceremonies have included familiar resins in these perfumes they make. It was an important tool for the realization of the ritual worship of Yahweh, especially the sacred perfume obtained by flavoring it with myrrh and cinnamon
In the middle of the Bronze Age, perfume had a certain importance in the Aegean Basin, especially in Crete. We learn this information from Linear A363 and Linear B364 tablets, where important information of the period is recorded. From these two tablets, we learn about the social life of the period, but also get a lot of information about perfume. In the tablets uncovered in Knossos, it was mentioned that the perfume called Cypriot (preferred by men) was made in the region, which raw materials were used by perfumers when processing and their shipments were included. An important geography in the shipment of these materials, which we have mentioned, is Zakros, located on the east coast of the Island of Crete. As a result of the excavations carried out in Zakros, a large number of pottery used for making perfumes were uncovered.
Excavations in clay tablets, which Zakros, sesame, safflower and olive oil, they are used as a raw material for the production of perfume oil, coriander, juniper or reeds was also added, And Finally of them was brought into the mix, this mix flower petals, rose beds and usually is written in the tablets of the rhizome added.
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