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- Adventure in
Perfume Scent - Science Secret Smell Revealed!
by Serene
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Here's an adventure in perfume
scent - science secret smell revealed! You'll discover why. So,
let's begin at the beginning...
The science
of perfume is thousands of years old.
The word "perfume" comes from the Latin
word per fume "through smoke". The first form of perfume
was incense, and it was first discovered by the Mesopotamians
about 4,000 years ago. However, the Egyptians were the first
to incorporate perfume into their culture followed by the ancient
Chinese, Hindus, Israelites, Carthaginians, Arabs, Greeks, and
Romans.
One of the oldest
uses of perfumes comes from the burning of incense and aromatic
herbs used in religious services. This very often comes from
the aromatic gums, frankincense and myrrh, gathered from trees.
The ancient people 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.
With the advances in organic chemistry, synthetic
perfume products were first produced in the late 19th century.
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Grasse in Provence, France became
a centre for flower and herb growing for the perfume industry.
In the same area, men who treated leathers found themselves smelling
so badly that they perfumed themselves and the leathers. Thus,
they became knowledgeable about making botanical essences and
they subsequently became the early perfume noses. But it was
only in the 20th century that scents and designer perfumes were
really mass produced. Way before that, the few trade names that
existed were Coty and Yardley who made fairly light scents with
familiar smells.
Perfume is
made from about 78% to 95% of specially denatured ethyl alcohol
and a remainder of essential oils. With the advances in science,
human euphoria perfumes and colognes soon came into the market.
These are scientifically engineered pheromone concentrate that
has proven effects on attracting the opposite sex. Just as animals
use scents to attract others, humans possess the same senses
which are potent for sexual attraction!
In creating Human Euphoria Pheromones, pure pheromones
are added to essential oils that produce a scent designed to
immediately attract the opposite sex. Some companies use 99.99%
pure reagent-grade product and contain a combination of both
Androstenone and Androstenol pheromones designed to create an
incredibly powerful sexual attraction.
However, perfume smell is not the only thing that
attracts the opposite sex. Studies show that men associate the
scents of cinnamon and vanilla with love. Cinnamon was believed
to be an aphrodisiac. And thus, to attract your man, try baking
cinnamon rolls before a date, or simply wear a cinnamon-vanilla
scented perfume.
On the other
hand, women are attracted to a black licorice scent. So men,
go eat your licorice!
In this
little adventure in perfume scent - science secret smell revealed,
we have covered a short history of perfume and the science behind
it. |
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