History of Perfume

1. Aromas can awaken memories, stimulate imagination, affect mood, and even relax, comfort, excite or tempt one’s subconscious mind. This is actually because the smell nerve affected by fragrance is the entrance and exit of human senses subconsciously.
2. The original use of perfumes was to reward God. For almost all religions, burning incense represents a prayer and praise for God. Because people seem to be able to reach heaven to hear and talk with the gods in the misty misty fantasy.
3. The word PERFUME comes from the Latin PER+FUMUM(from smoke).

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4. Spices were first used by the Egyptians, around 3000 BC. At that time, the method of refining high-purity alcohol had not yet been invented, and spices were preserved in the form of balms and balms
5. At the earliest, spices were placed in perfume bottles made of alabaster, and later, around 1500 BC, human beings discovered glass, and glass perfume bottles came out of worship
6. The Romans could be said to have abused perfume, and because of this, the perfume and cosmetics industry really took off. At the same time, the Romans also pioneered shaving.
7. In ancient times, the exchange of trade between the East and the West was dominated by various spices. In Florence, Italy, a family business of the Dominicani brothers created the first perfume company. Florence is therefore known as the birthplace of modern perfumes.

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8. At present, France can be said to be the country of perfume in the world, the French perfume culture was started by Queen Catherine, 1533 AD, the Pope’s niece married King Henry II of France, so it brought rich and magnificent Italian culture.
9. Perfume capital – grasse, this town is based on the leather industry, at the beginning of the 16th century, a group of Italian glove industrialists took a look at this small and lovely, quiet and simple town, her warm climate, beautiful soil, is the best place to grow flowers. They settled down, grew flowers for generations, and hundreds of years of hard work made Grasse the perfume capital of the world.
10. In France, more than 50 bottles of perfume are produced every year.

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Post time: Dec-28-2023