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The history of what we call modern day Perfume is dated
back to the time of B.C.In ancient times people burned fragrant resins
gums and woods as incense thus creating what has in turn become the
basis formodern day perfume.
Actual Perfumes had been found in tombs containing the Egyptian Pharaohs
who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago and were probably the first
people in history to enjoy the fragrant scents of good perfume and cologne.
Besides the Egyptians, ancient Greeks, Romans, and the Islamic
world learned about the wonderful world of perfumes and colognes
from the Egyptians.
For hundreds of years the art of making perfume was mainly
an Oriental art. In the early 1200’s crusading individuals brought
perfume and cologne from Palestine to England and France where they
were soon enjoying the wonderful perfumes and colognes. By the 1500’s
perfumes and colognes had become widely popular throughout Europe.
With the fall of the Roman Empire it was the Islamic Community
that kept up the use of perfume and cologne. The influence of perfume
and cologne went down for a bit with the fall of the Roman Empire and
it was not until the development of trade in the 1100’s that perfume
and cologne use was revived.
During the 1600’s perfume and cologne were a great success.
Thus the art of the great perfume and cologne makers was born. The
1700’s saw a groundbreaking advance in the art of making perfume
and cologne with the invention of what was called eau de cologne
or eau de perfume.
Perfume and cologne containers varied widely as did the
fragrances. In the 1800’s changing tastes and major developments
in chemistry laid what is the foundation of modern cologne and
perfume, as we know it today.
Hundreds of new perfumes and colognes were created some
of which exist today. So as you can see perfume and cologne has
had a wondrous past and a great future ahead of it. With advances in
chemistry and new colognes and perfumes being created almost daily
there isn’t a better time in history to enjoy the wonderful
world of perfume and cologne!
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