Known in Japanese as motsuyaku, myrrh is a resin obtained from myrrh trees native to the Middle East and places such as Somalia and Ethiopia. Like frankincense, the plant belongs to the Burseraceae family.
The name myrrh derives from Hebrew and Arabic words meaning “bitter.” Its scent is woody and aromatic, suggesting lemon and saffron (in Japanese), with a pungent edge and a faint medicinal quality. It is also warm and an excellent fixative for prolonging a fragrance.
What Does It Smell Like in Perfume?
In perfume, myrrh has a warm balsamic scent reminiscent of sweet amber, spice, liquorice, and resin. Natural essential oil steam-distilled from the gum-resin of Commiphora myrrha has a spicy scent with a freshness like forest air. A resinoid made by extracting the same resin with ethanol and then using molecular distillation has a sweeter, more resinous amber character. Both add depth to amber and incense compositions, but their different extraction methods mean that materials called “myrrh” do not have identical olfactory textures.
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