the nard mentioned in song of songs i have omitted from the main article a reference to nard in song of songs and where the aramaic targum there writes and they worshipped the golden calf making foul their actions so that a bad name went forth unto them in the world whereas before that episode their good scent imbued the world but afterwards they stank like nard whose smell is very bad i am at a loss as to what this nard might have been could it have been our regular spikenard and does spikenard have a vey bad smell when laid to the hot coals any answers