Sucrose (table sugar) is made by joining two specific monomers, glucose and fructose. Different monosaccharide pairs produce many of the common disaccharide sugars we associate with food, including sucrose, maltose (malt sugar, two glucose monomers) and lactose (milk sugar, glucose and galactose monomers).
Spikenard, also called nard, nardin, and muskroot, is a class of aromatic amber-colored essential oil derived from Nardostachys jatamansi, a flowering plant of the valerian family which grows in the Himalayas of Nepal, China, and India. The oil has been used over centuries as a perfume, a traditional medicine, or in religious ceremonies across a wide territory from India to Europe. Catholic Church iconography uses spikenard to represent Saint Joseph. With this meaning, Pope Francis has included
Artemisia (aka wormwood) is listed in the pyramids of so many power fragrances, but I don't think I actually know what it smells like now.I've always assumed it's a sharp, bitter note that's in stuff like Krizia Uomo and One Man Show, but now I'm starting to doubt myself.f you really want to know how artemisia smells, get a bottle of absinthe and give it a try, but be warned, have a sugar cube (or two) at reach because it is so bitter that would make you mouth to pucker like never before.