9 Interesting Facts About Perfumes

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Perfumes have been a very important part of culture since ancient times. Not only were the perfumes valuable, but so were the containers that held them. The oldest known perfume bottles came from the Ancient Egyptians. They the Ancient Egyptians. They used containers made of stone and alabaster which kept the perfume cool, and did not leak the precious liquids. They also used clay pots made into sculp-tures of people and animals. They were very creative in their designs. Many perfume containers have been found in tombs. Perfume was an important part of the Egyptians prepara-tion of the dead. Containers have been found made of wood with different compart-ments for each perfume.

Perhaps the most famous ruler of Egypt was Cleopatra. She was familiar with the power of scent and was lavish in her use of perfume. After the assassination of Julius Caesar, she left Rome to become the queen of Egypt. become the queen of Egypt. There she greeted Mark Antony, a Roman politician, on a ship with perfumed sails. Cleopatra's arrival was announced by clouds of perfume before her barge came into view.came into view.

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During the reign of Catherine de Medici in France perfumes flourished. Catherine brought her own perfumer, Rene le Florentin from Italy, with her. His laboratory was connected with her apartments by a secret passageway, so that no secret passageway, so that no formulas could be stolen on the way.

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In early America, the first scents were colognes and scented water. Florida water, an uncomplicated mixture of eau de cologne with a dash of oil of cloves, cassia, and lemon-grass, was popular. At the turn of the century, perfume was a of the century, perfume was a single-flower fragrance. Rose, violet, lilac, and lily of the valley were in high demand. Floral bouquet scents were introduced toward the end of the first decade. Later, abstract fragrances which had abstract fragrances which had no relation to the single floral or bouquet group were intro-duced. This advancement revolutionized the industry. Today, perfumes are becoming more complex, with many notes and overtones many notes and overtones unheard of before the discov-ery of aroma chemicals.

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Linking the past and present of the perfume industry are the Arabs. The process of extracting oils from flowers by means of distillation, the procedure most commonly used today, was developed by Avicenna, the Arabian doctor Avicenna, the Arabian doctor unto was also a chemist. He first experimented with the rose. Until his discovery, liquid perfumes were mixtures of oil and crushed herbs, or petals which made a strong blend. Rose water was more Rose water was more delicate, and immediately became popular.

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Perfume reached its peak in England during the reigns of Henry VIII and Queen Eliza-beth I. All public places were scented after the queen’s rule, since she could not tolerate bad smells. Ladies of the day took great pride in creating took great pride in creating delightful fragrances and they displayed their skill in mixing scents.

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Perfume shops were popular meeting places for almost everyone and the daily bath was an important activity of the Greek citizen. Different kinds of unguents were used simultaneously, with certain scents reserved for particular scents reserved for particular parts of the body.

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After Napoleon came to power, exorbitant expendi-tures for perfume continued. Two quarts of violet cologne were delivered to him each week, and he is said to have used sixty bottles of double extract of jasmine every extract of jasmine every month. Josephine had stronger perfume prefer-ences. She was partial to musk, and she used so much that sixty years after her death the scent still lingered in her boudoir.

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Europeans used many differ-ent containers to store their perfumes. They used glass, gold, silver, porcelain, semi-precious stones and shells. Perfume was commonly used in the form of incense. incense. Some perfume containers were designed to be worn, or displayed on a table. Semi-pre-cious stones held perfumes and were pinned to clothing. Silver earrings were worn that contained perfume soaked fabric inside them. Many fabric inside them. Many containers were designed to be hung around the neck, from a belt, or from a finger ring.

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9 Interesting Facts About Perfumes

Every single perfume has a unique story. A perfume „talks” not only to our nose but to our souls as well. This little, but precious element of our everyday life changes our mood, it gives us confidence and power. Perfume has a very long and fascinating history. In this info-graphic you can learn how perfume became the most important „invisible acces-sory” for women and men too.