Nardostachys

Spikenard Nardostachys grandiflora or Nardostachys jatamansi is not often found in modern Western perfumes, as it is a quintessentially Eastern essence.

Archive 2009-02-01 Marina Geigert 2009

Spikenard Nardostachys grandiflora or Nardostachys jatamansi is not often found in modern Western perfumes, as it is a quintessentially Eastern essence.

DSH Perfumes Part Four: Roses and Resins Marina Geigert 2009

Eight nationally threatened species recorded include Nardostachys grandiflora, Picroehiza kurrooa (VU), Cypripedium elegans, C. himalaicum, Dioscorea deltoidea (VU) and Allium stracheyi (VU).

Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Park, India 2008

It is the root of an Indian plant, the Nardostachys jatamansi, of the family of Valeriance, growing on the Himalaya mountains.

Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

As far as we are able to learn, all the perfumes used by the Egyptians and Persians during the early period of the world were _dry_ perfumes, consisting of spikenard (_Nardostachys jatamansi_), myrrh, olibanum, and other gum-resins, nearly all of which are still in use by the manufacturers of odors.

The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851

Island), and the strong-scented spikenard (_Nardostachys_).

Himalayan Journals — Complete 1864