Were used in religious worship, and for personal and domestic enjoyment (Ex. 30:35-37; Prov. 7:17; Cant. 3:6; Isa. 57:9); and also in embalming the dead, and in other funeral ceremonies (Mark 14:8; Luke 24:1; John 19:39).
The free use of perfumes was peculiarly grateful to the Orientals, (Proverbs 27:9) whose olfactory n...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary