Labdanum
One of these ancient fragrant products that continue to be esteemed highly by perfumers all over the world is labdanum. labdanum is a sticky dark brown resin obtained from two species of rockrose; a small shrub that grows naturally around the Mediterranean. The plant itself and the beautiful flowers it produces are not very fragrant on their own, and only the resin of the rockrose is worthy of being employed in perfumery.
Well. Labdanum resin has been used for perfume, incense, medicine and beard grooming for literally thousands of years. The recipe for the Temple incense, “Ketoret”, of the ancient Jews is thought to incorporate Labdanum under the name “Balm of Gilead”. The tightly coiffed and curled beards depicted on Gods and noblemen in ancient Mesopotamian stone art are believed to be based on the use of Labdanum resin.
Percy Newberry, a specialist of ancient Egypt, speculated that the false beard worn by Osiris and pharaohs may have originally represented a "labdanum-laden goat's beard". He also argued that the scepter of Osiris, which is usually interpreted as either a flail or a flabellum, was more likely an instrument for collecting labdanum.
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