Welcome! 

Welcome to our first Blog post.  We will use our Blog to educate you about perfumes and fragrances so that you can be a savvy consumer at our website or our brick and mortar stores. We hope you will use the information to choose scents that will enhance your beauty without overwhelming those around you. Watch for new posts on the 1st & 15th of each month.

A little history to start:

The word `perfume` is derived from the Latin `per fume` which means  “through smoke”.

Perfume making began in ancient Egypt; later, it was improved by the Romans and the Arabs. The process of distilling oils from flowers was discovered by an Iranian doctor, and this is the process still used in perfume making today.

Modern perfume was first made in 1370 in Hungary, by blending scented oils in an alcoholic solution, and was known all over Europe as Hungary water. Perfume making continued to be developed in Italy during the Renaissance, and in France from the 16th century onwards. Growing of flowers for perfume making became an important industry in southern France; and France is still the center of perfume making in Europe. 

The designer houses famous for their perfumes keep their formulas of the fragrances a closely guarded secret. But there are perfume experts who can identify the origins and components of the scents much like wine testers.

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