Scented water, odoriferous water, or sweet water is a water with a sweet aromatic smell. It is made of flowers or herbs and is the precursor to the modern-day perfume. Scented waters are also used in making other products such as pomanders and body-care products. Ingredients Some of the flowers and herbs used to make scented water are: jasmine – largely used in Indonesia for charmed bath. Also used to cleanse a curse from another shaman or demon. lemon lavender – from the Latin word lavare, meaning to wash. myrtle – one of the original types. orange blossoms – one of the best known waters. Orange flower water is also used in various cuisines, to flavor desserts and to mask the taste of hard water. roses – distilled are used in cosmetics. Rose water, a byproduct of traditional rose oil production, is prominently used in desserts in Middle Eastern and North Indian cuisine. rosemary – believed to refuse to grow in flower gardens of evil people. Hygiene In Medieval times a scented water was used for hygiene by a person washing their hands with it before meals, since many meals were forkless. The wealthy of Medieval times had their linen clothes boiled in scented water. Varahamihira (6th century) used scented water to clean his toothbrushes. Just prior to Marie Antoinette's execution in 1793 one of her servants was able to smuggle her some minimal need requests, one being some scented water for her teeth. Medical Hippocrates mentions scented water in his medical practice: Washing waters Boccaccio in his Decameron mentions scented washing waters: Refreshment It was a custom in the Roman Empire for amphitheatres to be furnished with scented water jet fountain sprays for refreshing the spectators. The overhead awning (velarium) shielding the spectators for the Colosseum was saturated with scented water for dripping fragrant water on spectators' heads to keep them cool. Perfume Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland in 1511-12 had various scented waters made for him, which consisted of his usage of over a gallon each week for the year. In the 1571 estate inventory of John Brodocke, an apothecary in Southampton, lists 32 types of scented water that he had as some of the items in his shop. In 17th century Constantinople the Venetians and Genoese had apothecary shops that had merchants of scented water including rose water. Scented waters were still being used into the