8 things that every woman needs to know about perfumes

As sophisticated as vintage jewels or finest beverages, perfumes should be discussed in the same terms: with skill. This means that it is not enough to know what's new and how we can find our signature perfume, but we should open the pages of perfume history. I picked some of the most interesting information about the art of perfume making, from how it all started, to the real curiosities. 1. Beginnings of perfumery are easy to mark on the map: Egypt and Mesopotamia (territory nowadays between Iraq, Kuwait, parts of Syria and Turkey). The Romans and Persians took over and perfected the craft of perfume creation, Avicenna, the famous scientist of Persia, was the one who first extracted olive oil essences through the distillation process - a technique used today.

2. Like many other things, the art of perfume was not alien to the monks in the Middle Ages. An example is the Santa Maria Novella church in Florence, where the Dominican monks realized, in Dante's time, various plant elixirs. The good news is that the tradition has been preserved, and in Florence there are today the pharmacy they founded. You can find here lotions, soaps and perfumes created according to old recipes, the most interesting perfume produced here is similar to that created for Caterina de Medici.

3. One of the perfumes in history, Shalimar - the creation of Jacques Guerlain, was inspired by the same woman for whom the palace Taj Mahal, the wife of Emperor Shah Jahan. It is an Oriental, mysterious fragrance with notes of vanilla, bergamot, jasmine, iris and incense. 4. Fragrance lasts longer if applied to hair, for two reasons: the scalp is slightly oily, while on the move, the hair spreads the scents around.

The effect will be even more intense as the perfume chosen is of better quality. 5. Have you ever wondered what is the musk, the piercing but at the same time mysterious essence that makes you fall in love with some perfumes? . Fortunately, nowadays, this smell is not obtained naturally, but in the laboratory, with essences imitating the musk. 6.

Even if we know their basic, top and middle notes, the exact recipe of marketed perfumes is a well-kept secret. However, true connoisseurs, \. 7. In 1921, Molinard House created Habanita, the smell of smoky women that mimics the smell of tobacco by using, for the first time, an ingredient reserved until then for masculine perfumes: vetiver, the plant cultivated in India and Antile for its roots. 8.

The most expensive perfume in the world is a British creation: Clive Christian No. 1 Imperial Majesty Perfume. Not only the perfume raises the price, but also the crystal glass of Baccarat, decorated with gold and diamonds. .