Possible Clues:

• Old type of music artist - the first to find fault endlessly with mystery man producing The Acacia Tree
• Fragrant gum resin used in perfumery
• 'Perfume.' (Reply to Mr Borden's question 'What's that, Lizzie?')
• Gum resin formerly used in medicines
• Sticky matter of trendy gossip - nothing Times embraces
• Old infection nurses wash with a smelly preparation
• Tree requires repeated work with a chopper in America
• Gum resin once used in medicine, obtained from the roots of a species of parsnip
• Odorous gum resin obtained from the roots of some species of parsnip, formerly used in medicine used in perfumery
• Protective resin work on old vessel, American cutter