Title: How Perfume Is Made - A Master Perfumers' Industry Guide
Headings: How Perfume Is Made – A Master Perfumers’ Industry Guide
How Perfume Is Made – A Master Perfumers’ Industry Guide
Perfume In The Ancient World
Perfume And The Ancient Greeks, Romans And Early Europeans
19th Century Marketing And Production Of Perfume
How Are Oils Extracted From Plants?
The Creative Process Of Developing A Scent
The Aging Process Of Perfume
The Process Of Perfume Manufacturing
The Risky Nature Of Perfumery
Perfume Appreciation And The Modern Consumer

Content: He not only used it on his person, it was present everywhere in both his court where there was always a floral pavilion and throughout his royal palace where decorative bowls filled with dried flowers and fragrances freshened the air. Guests visiting the French royal palace bathed in rose petals and goat’s milk. Perfume permeated clothing, furniture, walls and even cutlery. The Grasse region in southern France became a leading producer of perfume, as it was an area where many flowering plant varieties flourished. Scents in England were often concealed within jewelry, particularly lockets and the hollow heads of canes for private ‘sniff’ moments. 19th Century Marketing And Production Of Perfume
The mass marketing of perfume began in the mid 1800s and coincided with the introduction of synthetic chemicals. The very first synthetic perfume was made from nitric acid and benzene and called, not surprisingly, nitrobenzene. This mixture had aromatic top notes of almond and was often used in the popular scented soaps of the day. In 1868, an Englishman named William Perkin created a fragrance that smelled like freshly mown hay by synthesizing coumarin, which is derived from the South American tonka bean. Other advances included synthetic violet and vanilla developed by Ferdinand Tiemann at the University of Berlin and an alcohol called citronellol, which was created by American, Francis Despard Dodge.