The history of the essence dates from the first ages to the present day. Respectable, ancient and indispensable fragrant perfumes, which have survived to the present day for centuries, are a cosmetic product used by especially important personalities before BC. These fragrances, which are used for sacred purposes in Arabia, Egypt and China, have developed over time and have been put into special bottles and have entered into production so that people can use them in their daily lives.
The word perfume is a word that comes from Latin. In ancient times, perfume was used by the Chinese, Egyptians, Arabs, Hindus, Romans and Greeks. It is known that perfume fragrances were very valuable, especially in the ancient Egyptian civilization. These perfume scents were found in the tombs of the Egyptian pharaohs during the excavations. Even after thousands of years, the pleasant smell in the tombs that were opened influenced the experts who carried out excavation work.
Perfume fragrances were produced in the ancient Egyptian Civilization using plants and flowers. They even believed that they were pleasing the gods when they used these fragrant incenses. This is why it is believed that using these beautiful fragrances carries them beyond life. They mummified the pharaohs who died in Egypt and put fragrant oils and creams on their graves. Experts who reached these fragrant oil and cream boxes as a result of excavations say that the opened graves still emit beautiful smells.
The Egyptians called 16 different perfume scents they used kyphi. The fragrance they call Kyphi contains honey, wine, myrrh, grapes, mint, mimosa, pine, juniper, cinnamon, cloves and plant extracts. 14th century BC. Century Egyptian Queen Nefertiti used to take a jasmine bath to smell nice and pleasant in those ages and then rub sandalwood, amber and rare flower sap on her skin.
If we look at the history of perfume, it dates back to the times before BC. It grows with the developing technology over time and comes up with the newest fragrances until today.