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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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Raw Materials
The Manufacturing
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Extraction
Blending
Aging
Quality Control
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Content: In the twenty-first century, Grasse is a shadow of its former self, as real-estate developers usurped much of the land in the latter part of the twentieth century. It no longer is the prime source of flowers, roots, and herbs sought by the modern fragrance industry. The whole world serves the perfumers' fragrant needs. Scents of Royalty
The desire to adorn the body with sweet smells and beautiful jewelry created a marriage of fashion and fragrance that reached its heights in the early 1700s, particularly during the reign of Louis XIV. It was then that European royalty decided to have their fragrances at hand night and day no matter where they might be. Aromatic jewelry designed by master craftsmen was in great demand. In fact, royalty had their own private jewelers and perfumers to cater to their every whim. Chatelaines, rings, earrings, belts, and bracelets were considered indispensable. Wealthy men, women, and children all wore decorative aromatic accessories. Courting Perfume
In 1533, when Catherine de Medici left Italy to marry Henry II, she took all of her personal perfumes and perfumers with her.