Word: myrrh
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Here the Queen of Sheba once ruled. Here the Magi bought frankincense and myrrh. Here Arabian trade routes crisscrossed, bringing exotic spices, precious cloths and treasures from the East. Here too in 1967 devout Marxists won independence for their moonscape land at the mouth of the Red Sea. After 128 years of British colonial rule, they were determined to use the precepts of socialist orthodoxy to yank a remote Arab nation into the 20th century. The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, or simply South Yemen, set up a Moscow- style government and forged close ties with its mentor...
...three precious gifts-gold, frankincense and myrrh-the Magi carried to Bethlehem, only gold has remained on elite Yuletide shopping lists. This year, however, all three are combined in a perfume for sale in such exclusive stores as Harrods in London and Asprey in New York City. Frankincense and myrrh are key ingredients of Amouage, a new fragrance created by French Perfumer Guy Robert...
Sayyid Sami Bin Hamad Hamood, a businessman in Oman whose family had long traded in frankincense and myrrh, asked Robert to create Amouage. The two substances are resins that slowly ooze out of several varieties of trees and shrubs growing in the deserts of Oman. By combining them, Sayyid Sami is reaping the third fabled gift: gold...