The first form of perfume/scent was incense. Incense was first discovered by the Mesopotamians about 4,000 years ago. Ancient cultures burned many kinds of resins, bums and woods at their religious ceremonies. They often soaked the fragrant woods and resins in water and oil, and rubbed their bodies with the liquid. They also embalmed the dead with these perfumes. Other early civilizations used perfumes for rituals and personal use including the: ancient Arabs, Persians, Chinese, Greeks and Romans.
Perfume/scents was widely used in Islamic countries, Greece and Rome until the fall of the Roman Empire. In the 9th century, Alkindus created a book of perfumes in Arabic that detailed over 100 different methods for perfume making. The spread of Christianity created a decrease in the use of perfumes until international trade routes brought perfume to other countries in the 12th century. In the 1600s, wealthy members of the royal French court applied perfume to their fans and gloves.
Egyptian women applied perfumed ointments and creams to their skin infused with aromatic herbs. These women used perfume to adorn their bodies with scent for toiletries and cosmetic purposes. Wealthy aristocrats used perfume in France to cover their lack of daily bathing rituals with strong scents. A Persian chemist named Avicenna created a distillation process to create rose water. Prior to his discovery, early perfumes were created by mixing oil and petals or crushed herbs to create a scent.
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