3 Things You Didn’t Know About The History Of Perfume ...Continued

2. WHAT WAS THE WORLD’S FIRST PERFUME?

The meaning and status of perfume developed differently in different countries, so there were many types of fragrances that were considered perfumes long before the first modern perfume was introduced. But it was the Hungarians who ultimately introduced perfume as a modern wearable scent, made of scented oils blended in an alcohol solution. The first perfume made for exclusive personal use was for Queen Elizabeth of Hungary and became known throughout Europe as Hungary

Water. The scent was mainly dominated by natural ingredients such as rosemary and thyme.

3. WHAT ARE THE WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE INGREDIENTS?

It might not be what you think! The finest and most expensive perfumes are made of absolute oils, a mixture of concentrated, highly aromatic and oily mixtures extracted from plants or certain flowers. Natural ingredients are most expensive as they are usually very rare, extremely difficult to obtain or highly regulated. The priciest ingredients in the world are Jasmine, Bulgarian Rose, Oud, Musk and Orris. The world’s most expensive ingredient is Ambergris, a substance that is produced in the digestive system of sperm whales. The high price of an ingredient can also be due to the fact that it’s natural source has been lost, like the natural Oud oil, or if the ingredient is off-season like ylang ylang from Madagascar.

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9 Places To Apply Perfume...continued

5. In Your Belly Button Your navel is useful for more than just belly piercings. Dab a few drops of perfume on the spot if you're wearing a midriff-baring crop top or bikini. "Any area on your body that radiates heat will enhance a scent, and your belly button does just that," says Caisse. 7. Behind Your Knees

The Ancient Perfumes

I got to know that in the ancient world oils were used as the carrier medium for perfumes . In modern perfume making, an alcohol is usually the carrier medium, with essential oils added for lasting fragrance combined with fixatives, coloring agents and preservatives. Alcohols evaporate much more

The Origins of Beauty in Modern Days

For much of the Western world, notions of beauty date back to the ancient Greeks. Classicist David Konstan, says we owe our healthy and unhealthy notions of beauty in many cases to the artists and geniuses of Athens. The key to understanding it all ultimately comes down to a single word. For many years, Konstan says, scholars didn’t think that the Greeks had a specific concept of beauty. As far as they knew, there was only the all-purpose word kalós , which was often used to mean good. It wasn’t until Konstan began studying the similar and lesser-known word kallos that the real notion of Greek beauty became clear. “When God created the world, he looked at the world and he said it is good. In Greek, that's translated to the adjective kalós . God didn't mean it's beautiful, he meant it's a fine piece of work,” Konstan says. “Whereas kallos does, interestingly enough, have a corresponding word in Hebrew, which also refers very specifically to physical att...

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