Al-Kāfi - The Book of Dresses, Beautification and Kindness

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Dresses, Beautification and Kindness Chapter: Al-Ghaliyah (A Perfume that is a Mix of Musk, Camphor and Ambergris) ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَ٠َّارٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠ِلُ التُّجَّارَ فَأَتَهَيَّأُ لِلنَّاسِ كَرَاهَةَ أَنْ يَرَوْا بِي خَصَاصَةً فَأَتَّخِذُ الْغَالِيَةَ فَقَالَ يَا إِسْحَاقُ إِنَّ الْقَلِيلَ ٠ِنَ الْغَالِيَةِ يُجْزِئُ وَ كَثِيرَهَا سَوَاءً ٠ِنَ الْغَالِيَةِ قَلِيلًا دَائِ٠اً أَجْزَأَهُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ وَ أَنَا أَشْتَرِي ٠ِنْهَا فِي السَّنَةِ بِعَشَرَةِ دَرَاهِ٠َ فَأَكْتَفِي بِهَا وَ رِيحُهَا ثَابِتٌ طُولَ الدَّهْرِ.

If one uses a small amount of al-Ghaliyah all the time it is sufficient.’ Ishaq has said, ‘I would buy for a whole year of al- Ghaliyah worth ten dirham and it was enough because its fragrance was constant all the time.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (22/422))