| Perfume is one of those products that may | | | | eventually introduced thru time to several |
| influence our emotions. People`s sense of smell | | | | civilizations such as Hindus, Israelites, Carthaginians, |
| influences behavior and sets different moods. It | | | | Arabs, Greeks, Romans and finally reintroduced |
| may even bring up memories of the past. As a | | | | hundreds of years later in Italy and France. |
| marketing tool, perfume is also present in our | | | | By the 13th century Italy was doing major trades |
| everyday lives and it can be found in lots of | | | | of spices and perfumes with Eastern civilizations. |
| consumer products. Besides the fact that | | | | Portugal and Spain were also trying to establish |
| perfume is so popular, have you ever wandered | | | | important trades of spices by having exclusive |
| how it came into being what it is today? What`s | | | | routes to the East. That`s how the new world of |
| the history of perfume? | | | | America got to be discovered. |
| Some anthropologists say that perfume was used | | | | As Italian perfume influence swept over |
| by primitive man thru the burning of gums and | | | | neighboring countries, France began expanding the |
| resins for incense. Eventually from 7000 to 4000 | | | | use of perfume by first offering perfumed |
| bc, richly scented plants, animal and fatty oils of | | | | gloves, which were most often perfumed with |
| olive and sesame are thought to have been | | | | neroli or animal scents such as ambergris and |
| combined with fragrant plants to create original | | | | civet. From then on, French perfume has become |
| ointments. | | | | famous worldwide and today sets the standard |
| Three thousand years ago in ancient Egypt, | | | | for excellence. |
| historians believe that perfume was first used in | | | | Also France played a major role in reestablishing |
| rituals, as part of their religious ceremonies, | | | | the use of perfume for therapeutic purposes in |
| creating a pleasant smell. These scents came | | | | the western world. It has been reported that |
| from gums, resin trees, oil and from a variety of | | | | during Word War II, therapeutic perfume had |
| plants resulting in a perfume unguent that was | | | | been used in the treatment of wounds and burns, |
| rubbed into the skin. Hundreds of years later, | | | | and later in the treatment of psychiatric problems. |
| women of Egypt were using perfume for their | | | | Perfume has brought different people together in |
| cosmetic qualities. It is believed that Egytptian | | | | the past thru the trade of aromatic scents. It also |
| queen Cleopatra had her own exclusive balms and | | | | played a major deal, since its trade meant |
| scents used as cosmetics and aphrodisiac, which | | | | economical power for the nations. And so the |
| helped her to conquer Julius Caesar and later Mark | | | | history of modern man has been greatly |
| Anthony. Also from this same era, it is believed | | | | influenced by this special product, enabling new |
| that perfume was used in Mesopotamia for ritual | | | | worlds to be discovered. On a personal level, |
| ceremonies. And farther east, in China, aromatic | | | | perfume is capable of influencing people`s behavior |
| herbs were used for medicine purposes. | | | | and that by itself sets perfume in class by itself. |
| Later on as trade routes expanded, perfume | | | | Perhaps that`s what makes it so desirable by all |
| became very popular and demand for scent | | | | of us. |
| products increased trade among different | | | | Roberto Sedycias |
| civilizations. Africa and India started to supply | | | | IT Consultant for PoloMercantil |
| Middle Eastern civilization with spikenard and ginger. | | | | This article is under GNU FDL license and can be |
| Syrians sold fragrant goods to Arabia. | | | | distributed without any previous authorization |
| Mediterranean civilization began buying | | | | from the author. However the author´s |
| cymbopogon and ginger from South Arabia. And | | | | name and all the URL´s (links) mentioned in |
| so the trade of scent goods kept on, and as it | | | | the article and biography must be kept. |
| continued to swell, fragrance perfume was | | | | |