Title: How perfume is made - material, manufacture, making, history, used, parts, industry, History, Raw Materials
Headings: 
Perfume
Background
History
Raw Materials
The Manufacturing
Process
Collection
Extraction
Blending
Aging
Quality Control
The Future
Where To Learn More
Periodicals
User Contributions:
georgi
payam
Leonard Bryan
anita hirani
rizza
Robert Crighton
Caleb
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ramyabharathi.m
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Mohamadh Ali

Content: Europeans discovered  the healing properties of fragrance during the 17th century. Doctors  treating plague victims covered their mouths and noses with leather  pouches holding pungent cloves, cinnamon, and spices which they thought  would protect them from disease. Perfume then came into widespread use among the monarchy. France's  King Louis XIV used it so much that he was called the "perfume  king." His court contained a floral pavilion filled with  fragrances, and dried flowers were placed in bowls throughout the palace  to freshen the air. Royal guests bathed in goat's milk and rose  petals. Visitors were often doused with perfume, which also was sprayed on  clothing, furniture, walls, and tableware. It was at this time that  Grasse, a region of southern France where many flowering plant varieties  grow, became a leading producer of perfumes. Meanwhile, in England, aromatics were contained in lockets and the hollow  heads of canes to be sniffed by the owner. It was not until the late  1800s, when synthetic chemicals were used, that perfumes could be mass marketed.