myrrh

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The Three Wise Men may have struggled for a third gift if they were shopping today—and not because of a bull market in frankincense and myrrh.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

The smell of incense — a combination of frankincense and myrrh — leached from every corner of the space, creating a somewhat soporific effect.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2024

This pretty kit contains mountain sage, frankincense, myrrh and white copal resin; a Selenite stick; crystals and a palo santo stick for smudging.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2023

They spearheaded a gold rush which began around five years ago and has led to the uprooting of frankincense and myrrh trees, some centuries old.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2023

Though we stood in Denmark’s woods, there floated as on abreeze the imagined scents of the distant Bible lands: myrrh and aloe and henna and cinnamon.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein