The history of perfumes used for years and the fragrances in them is quite long. Where does the history of these beautiful fragrances, which we often use in our daily lives, come from? Who discovered the perfumes used? How to make perfume? You can find the answers to different questions like this in our blog where you will read. First of all, the history of perfume comes from the first ages. The beautiful fragrances that emerged in 4000 BC were used by important people at that time.
Especially beautiful fragrances were used for sacred purposes in ancient times. The people of Arabia, Egypt and China, who thought that they were sending a message to God thanks to the prayers with their beautiful smells, used the smells quite a lot. The word perfume that we use today comes from the Latin word Perfumum, which means volatile.
Perfume fragrances were considered more valuable than gold in the civilization of Ancient Egypt. The fact that the smells stored in perfume bottles and jars in Egyptian tombs still smell like the first day attracted the attention of researchers. In ancient Egypt, scents were used in religious ceremonies to make the gods happy. The Egyptian people, who thought that life was carried beyond the other thanks to the incense and beautiful smells burned, used to creep their dead with beautiful scents and bury them with fragrant oils.
During the excavations, perfume bottles and cream vases were found in the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamon. The beautiful smells coming from the tomb opened during the excavations astonished the researchers. Egyptian people used an oil consisting of natural ingredients called Kyphi in their daily lives. In this oil, plant extracts such as mint, juniper, pine, cinnamon, cloves, mimosa, myrrh, wine, grapes and honey were used.
If we look at another period, people produced fragrances using myrtle, conifer resin, bergamot, coriander, almonds and various spices. Perfumes, which were the first basis of alcohol, were found in the 14th century. century. Queen Elizabeth was known for her wonderful fragrance at that time. It is said that the smell used by Elizabeth contained Hungarian water. The Hungarian water used by Queen Elizabeth is still produced today.
The materials in Hungarian water are as follows;
– 1 orange or lemon
– 1 tablespoon glycerin
– 1/2 teaspoon lemon oil
– 235 millimetres of orange blossom hydrolate
– 235 millim vodka
– 1/8 teaspoon rosemary oil
– 2 teaspoons bergamot oil
– 2 tablespoons fresh mint
This smell is placed in a glass amber jar that is sterilized well.