Beautiful, powerful, and mysterious, she was one of the most mythical figures of the ancient Middle East. Wherever she went, she exuded a fragrant aura for which she became famous far and wide. She was the Queen of Sheba, or Reine de Saba, as she is known in French.

A contemporary of Solomon, king of Judah in the 10th century BC, she offered him a peace offering with sumptuous gifts, such as frankincense, the likes of which the king had never seen in such abundance. According to ancient accounts, its exquisite aroma made it irresistible.

The homeland of the Queen of Sheba harbored concentrated solar energy that were the abundant treasures of ancient perfumery: the perfume trees.

His kingdom, which stretched from the southwest of the Arabian Peninsula, present-day Yemen, to Eritrea and northern Ethiopia, owed its wealth to a resource essential to ancient civilizations: aromatic resins, especially frankincense and myrrh, which later took on a central role in both religious practice and the manufacture of perfumes.

An aromatic dream came true with its magnificent fragrances that took advantage of the gems released by its fragrant resins: frankincense, myrrh, labdanum and balsam, which today are combined with the most precious woods and flowers: cedar, sandalwood, storax, patchouli, rose, jasmine, tuberose, lily and more, and with spices such as cinnamon and cardamom, and the aroma of amber.

From the Queen of Sheba's Incense Route to the Nabataeans, the Roman Empire and finally the shop on Rue Marbeuf, the story of the land of Sheba has endured through the centuries and will live on, as it continues to pass on the legacy left to us by this iconic figure.