The Scent Of Success
The origin of perfumery, the exceptional art of making perfumes, can be traced back to Mesopotamia in Egypt. This art was further refined and polished by the icons of elegance, the Romans and the Persians. Perfumes were made by putting flowers, oils and aromatic compounds through an elaborate distilling process. The process itself and the ingredients used was a trademark that no perfume aficionado or business house dealing in perfumes was keen on divulging to the public. Centuries earlier people began making perfumes on a smaller scale, sometimes operating out of their homes, mostly for personal use. They collected flowers, leaves, bark and spices, and extracted their aromatic properties painstakingly over a number of days. With the onset of the industrial revolution, the availability of sophisticated machinery and mass production techniques, perfumes were available in much larger quantities – although the real formula for original branded perfumes are still never disclosed to outsiders.