Title: Perfume | Encyclopedia.com
Headings: Perfume
Perfume
PERFUME
Hand in Glove
Scents of Royalty
Courting Perfume
Street Scents and Scenes
Designers and Grand Dames
Peacetime Scent-Sations
Hints of Globalization
Designing a Fragrant Future
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History
Raw Materials
The Manufacturing
Process
Collection
Extraction
Blending
Aging
Quality Control
The Future
Where To Learn More
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Content: The French Revolution put a stop to royalty's fragrant revelries and perfume didn't regain its popularity until the early nineteenth century, when Napoleon became emperor. There was no limit to his fragrance indulgences. He virtually bathed in eau de cologne, and never went into battle without a full supply of his favorites. His wife, Josephine, loved roses and musk, and she surrounded herself with them night and day. But, when Napoleon left her for Marie Louise, Josephine filled the rooms of Malmaison with the overpowering scent of musk, which she knew Napoleon disliked intensely. Visitors to Versailles report they smell it still. The twentieth century saw the birth of fashion designer fragrances (primarily of French origin). They were
referred to as the invisible accessory by merchants and the media, to be worn on special occasions. Then, in 1921, the great couturier, Gabrielle Chanel, set the fashion world on fire when she launched her breakthrough creation, Chanel No. 5.