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1. FRAGRANCE
BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE & REVIEW
Presented By : Stephen Tan
Perfume and Incense Bring Joy
to the Heart – Proverb 27 : 9
As Part of
Theological Study
and Workshop to
be conducted for
interest group

2. Agenda of Presentation
• History and Modern Day View of Fragrances
• Video (1hr from BBC)
• Video Clip (Advertisement & Modern Philosophy)
• Science of Smell and Scent
• Biblical History & Perspective
• Component of Fragrances – Bible Scripture
• Olfactory Session – 12 Essential Oils
• Bible Events / Scripture relating to Scripture
• Reflection
• Summary

3. Fragrance
parfum
香り
நறுமணம்
향기
kokunước hoa
กลิ่นหอม
香味
aroom
ກິ່ ນຫອມ
wangian
miris
cumhráin
Duft
వాసన

4. Learning Objectives. To Understand
• Contemporary View
• History
• Science
• Biblical references to
Aromatic Oils
• Biblical Scripture
• Biblical Event
• “Smelling the Truth”?
• Due Reflection

5. • The word “perfume” occurs only 3 times
in the KJV of the Bible, all in the Old
Testament. The Hebrew word translated
“perfume” (including the famous Proverbs
27:9) occurs about 58 times in the Old
Testament. In almost all the other places, it is
translated as “incense” or “sweet incense,”
meaning fragrant incense. The Hebrew word
translated “perfumes” (plural) in Isaiah 57:9
occurs only that once in the OT.
• The word “ointment” occurs 15 times and the
word “ointments” occurs 3 times in the Old
Testament. The Hebrew word translated as
such is usually translated as “anointing oil.” In
the New Testament, “ointment” and
“ointments” together occur 14 times. They are
translated from the Greek word “muron,”
meaning fragrant anointing oil. It is closely
related to the Greek word “smurna” (or
“smyrna”), which is the word for myrrh.
PERFUME & THE BIBLE

6. 2 FORMULATION OF GOD’s PERFUME
• Moses speaks of the art of the
perfumer in Egypt and were gives the
composition of 2 perfumes by GOD
• The first perfume was rather an
ANOINTING OIL, to anoint priests and
sacred vessels of the tabernacle:
(Exodus 30:23-29).
• The other perfume, called INCENSE
the work of a perfumer for worship by
the priest :
(Exodus 30:34-38).
• BOTH were SACRED and
HOLY to GOD

7. • MYRRH
• CINNAMON
• CALAMUS
• CASSIA
• OLIVE
Component of “God’s Anointing Oil” :

8. - PERFUME COMPONENTS -
ESSENTIAL AROMATIC OILS AS IN THE BIBLE

9. Olfactory Exercises
• Sample type of the essential
Oils will be distributed to
participants
OLFACTORY EXERCISE WORKSHEET
Essential Oil / Fragrance Samples Ranking of Perferences Olfactory Description
Aloes (Sandalwood)
Cassia
Cedarwood
Cypress
Frankincense
Galbanum
Hyssop
Myrrh
Myrtle
Onycha
Rose of Sharon (Cistus)
Spikenard

10. PERFUME – WORD ORIGIN
Perfume, the English word perfume is derived from two Latin
words, per, meaning through, and fumus, meaning smoke (the
English words fuming and fumes, meaning burning and smoking,
are from the same "fume" as in perfume). While perfume literally
means through the smoke, it has come to mean "a pleasant
cosmetic fragrance." Although ancient people used "perfume" in
various forms, the Hebrew word of the Scriptures, pronounced
ktoret ( ‫קטורת‬), that is often translated as "perfume," also means
smoke, or more specifically, sweet smoke (i.e. incense). Other
non-burning "perfumes," from flowers and spices, were known
and used. The use of perfumes was common among the Hebrews,
and the Orientals generally, before it was known to the Greeks
and the Romans.

11. SCRIPTURE TEXT REVIEW

12. Scriptural Mention of the Word SMELL
Biblical Scripture Scriptural Text
1. Genesis 8:21
The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I
curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the
human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living
creatures, as I have done.
2. Genesis 27:27
So he went to him and kissed him. When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he
blessed him and said, “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the
Lord has blessed.
3. Exodus 7:21
The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could
not drink its water. Blood was everywhere in Egypt.
4. Exodus 16:20
However, some of them paid no attention to Moses; they kept part of it until
morning, but it was full of maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with
them.
5. Deuteronomy 4:28
There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or
hear or eat or smell.
6. Psalm 115:6 They have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell.
7. Ecclesiastes 10:1
As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and
honor.
8. Daniel 3:27
and the satraps, prefects, governors and royal advisers crowded around them.
They saw that the fire had not harmed their bodies, nor was a hair of their heads
singed; their robes were not scorched, and there was no smell of fire on them.
9. Joel 2:20
“I will drive the northern horde far from you, pushing it into a parched and barren
land; its eastern ranks will drown in the Dead Sea and its western ranks in the
Mediterranean Sea. And its stench will go up; its smell will rise.” Surely he has
done great things!
10. 1 Corinthians 12:17
If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the
whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
Text with SMELL mentioned in the Bible

13. BIBLICAL CONTEXT & SCRIPTURE EVENT

14. Christ and Church
• John 12 : 3
Then Mary took about a pint
of pure nard, an expensive
perfume; she poured it on
Jesus’ feet and wiped his
feet with her hair. And the
house was filled with the
fragrance of the perfume.

15. End Times
• Revelation 8:4
The smoke of the incense,
together with the prayers of
God’s people, went up
before God from the angel’s
hand.

16. REFLECTION

17. Summary
• Fragrance impact cannot be visibly seen but
sense by our the human nose.
• It has been there since the Beginning of Time.
• Biblical Scripture contains many mentions and it Holy and
Sacred to GOD in terms of Anointing Oil and Incense
• Christ which is the perfect offering and sacrifice which is
most pleasing to GOD. Man’s redemption and external
salvation in in Christ alone and the work of the Church is
to “spread forth the FRAGRANCE OF CHRIST.. Till he come
again

18. Resources / References
• Bible NIV Version
• Systematic Theology, Wayne Grudem
• The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy, Valerie Ann Worwood
• Healing Oils of the Bible, David Steward
• 12 Oils of Ancient Scripture, by Young Living – Include kit set of Aromatic Oil
• Perfume – The ultimate guide to world finest fragrance – Nigel Groom, Sep 1999
• Internet – Wikipedia
• Internet – You Tube Videos
• All icon and picture are copy righted by the respective owner / author who own
the picture on the internet website. This presentation and author does not hold
any right to it ; and acknowledges the work and would thank all of them who is
too numerous for this presentation.

19. The End : Question ?
• The Slide contain a brief gist and synopsis of the workshop to be
conducted on Fragrance / Perfume in the Biblical Perspective base on
Theological Study and also insight and knowledge of Perfume and
Fragrances.
• The original workshop (1/2 Day or 1 Day ) material contain more in depth
Theological perspective. In sight into the various ingredient, oil and
Fragrance and scriptural context and view.
• To contact the author for more enquiries on Workshop and also
providing inputs for discussion. You can write to :
stefan8888@email.com