9 Things You Should Know About Your PERFUMES

Perfumes are gotten from alcohol, water, and the fragrance oil which is also called perfume. That word is derived from the Latin word 'Per + fumum', meaning 'through the smoke'. The main types are chypre, floral, and oriental. In English, it means through the smoke, in french it means 'very sincere'.  Other varieties include woody, spicy, musky, fruity and aquatic.

Eau de in french is '' water of'', by the name it is obvious that it contains more of water and less of fragrance oil. Eau de cologne has about 3-5% of fragrance oil while aftershaves, splash lotions, and other things in that category contain 0.5-2% of perfume oil also known as a fragrance oil.  The most popular of these, is perfume this is commonly used and it contains the most fragrance oil.

The Perfume Revolution.

Perfume first started in Egypt, it was used as part of their service for worship. Along with other methods like burning of incense, using balms and ointments.  Perfumes were also used for medical and cosmetic applications. Perfumes were also used in the ancient middle kingdoms for religious purposes.

From the time of the New Kingdom ( 1580-1085 BC), Egyptian women used perfumes such as creams and oils as toiletries. The taste for perfumes was widespread to the Roman Empire and the Arabic world. Christians were not to keen with it at first but in the twelfth century and due to international trade this decline of perfumes was reversed.

Perfumes have been part of the culture for ages, that's why they play an important role in our lives. Scents do a lot of things for us with our imagination, our feelings even our perspective, and I will prove that to you. When you smell a lovely scent you feel good. When you perceive a good scent on someone, your perspective is this person is rich and clean. The fragrance takes us to places and that is how it helps our imagination.