The magic power, enclosed in vials, gives pleasure not only to a woman who uses perfume, but to others. Good spirits give us a special charm and charm, and their purchase raises the mood and makes you feel like a woman-vamp, an angular asexual teenager depending on the flavor.

From incense to perfume The word "perfumery" of comparatively recent origin, it occurs not earlier than the first third of the XVI century. Before that, the words "balms", "incense". From the Latin, the root "fumus" was borrowed - smoking, inflammation. The very concept of "perfumery" literally means air aromatization by pressure. This name was born in ancient times - then to get the fragrance, fragrant products were heated on hot coals.

The first incense box, mentioned in history, belonged to King Darius and got from him to Alexander the Great along with other military prey.

In ancient times "aromas" were mostly traded by Arabs. They brought fragrant substances from the islands of Ceylon, Sumatra and from the Malacca Peninsula. They were cinnamon, sandalwood, camphor, geranium, cedarwood, tsibet and t.

Egypt, Syria, Babylonia, India and other countries were producers of a number of fragrant products (musk, amber, myrrh, saffron, aloe, rose water, etc.. Loved to use incense and the ancient Greeks and Romans. In the Middle Ages in Cyprus were created spirits "Shipr". From ancient Italy, the spirits came to France, and from there spread to all countries of Europe. And if in the Middle Ages fragrant substances were used most often for religious purposes, today spirits have become almost a necessity for many modern women.

Widely used incense, and in ancient Greece, where the case was resin, spice, balm, there also began to use essential oils derived from flowers.

During the excavation of Greek cities, tablets were found, which describe in detail the composition of incenses used by both women and men with a hygienic purpose.

In ancient Greece and Rome incense was obtained from wood tar, and then mixed with oils. They smoked in temples and feasts, they were brought to the gods, they were flavored with fountains. Linen bags with dry perfume were tied to hair and clothes, aromatic oils rubbed the body.

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