Once I spoke the language of the flowers...

Marjoram is indigenous to Mediterranean countries and was known to the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. They cultivated it as a pot herb and used it not only to flavour food but also prized it as a miraculous herb with the power to heal practically all diseases, especially colds and chills. The Greeks felt it a symbol of happiness and that if grown on the grave, the deceased would be eternally happy.

Marjoram was popular during the Middle Ages for posies, sachets and used in bath water and as a medicine and as a culinary herb in England during the sixteenth century.

The fresh perfume of marjoram is delightful in pot-pourri and scented pillows. Marjoram is characterized by a strong spicy and pleasant odour. The flavour is fragrant, spicy, slightly sharp, bitter, and camphoraceous. The French put it in linen drawers. It is used in commercial perfumes and in herbal sleep pillows. It is also used in aromatherapy as Marjoram makes a fragrant bath herb.