Since ancient times, Saffron has been considered a spice with magical and supernatural properties; the very name "za'faran" (in Persian: the head of angels), indicates its yellow color but is also synonymous with light, gold, illumination and revealed wisdom.
It was used to color clothes, in funeral honors to sprinkle the dead and in medicine, as a remedy for gout and rheumatism. But also as an environmental scent, in cosmetics as a dye and as a tonic and aphrodisiac substance. Today its antioxidant properties are recognized.