Galbanum is a popular fragrance ingredient. It is also bitter, aromatic gum resin extracted from certain umbelliferous Asiatic plant species, mainly Ferula galbaniflua and related plants. The Dutch physician Johann L. Schlimmer, who practiced and taught medicine for about fifteen years in Persia in the second half of the 19th century, identified the galbanum and its plants in Persia.

The resin is used extensively in modern perfumery as a fixative agent (an ingredient used to stabilize other perfume components). The resin is also steam-distilled to produce galbanum oil, which is used in some perfumes to impart a fresh, natural scent. Galbanum essential oil is quite different to the gum. It is intensely green and slightly bitter. Some very famous fragrances get their character from this VIP perfume ingredient – most notably Chanel’s No. 19.  The galbanum used in No. 19 was a very high grade from Iran.  When the Iranian revolution happened in 1979, the oil supply stopped and Chanel’s perfumer faced the challenge of reworking this iconic scent.  

 Also, it is used to make medicine. People take it for digestion problems, poor appetite, cough, and spasms. this substance is sometimes applied directly to the skin for wounds. In food and beverages, galbanum oil and resin are used as flavoring. And as it is said above, its oil is used as fragrance in cosmetics.

This plant originally grew in the Mesopotamia area and are exported from India, China, Israel, and Egypt. Today Iran and Turkey are the primary sources of this plant.

Galbanum seems safe for use when applied directly to the skin. It is also safe when taken in food amounts. But there isn’t enough information available to know if it is safe to take it by mouth in medicinal amounts, which are typically larger.

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