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Mendesian Perfume - A perfume of the ancient Egyptians originally made in the city of Mendes. It was popular also in Greece and Rome, the Greeks calling it 'the Egyptian'. Theophrastus recorded that it contained a number of expensive ingredients, including cinnamon and myrrh, was colorless, and was one of the most long-lasting of all perfumes. He also observed that it could cause headaches, to counter which it was sometimes mixed with fragrant wine to make it sweeter. Pliny noted that it was made of 'behen-oil, resin and myrrh'.
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