Available now! Since histories first recorded perfume in Babylon 1200 BC, people around the world have been trying to push the limits of what is possible in the magical art of scent. The Indians, the Persians, the Arabs, and the French each developed their own ways and methods on the journey to create the greatest scents. Throughout scent history some of these creations and elixirs, rose above the rest and became the standard for passion, knowledge, and skill in perfumery. Myths became written about these scents. Many of these perfumes were never available to the public, only to priests, royalty and some women who were either mystical virgins of the temple or the wives of Royalty. The eldest perfumes mentioned in the Hindu Ayurvedic texts like Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita were created to benefit ‘Royal Personages and Harems’ and rumored to enhance the seductive power and charisma of those few individuals who were allowed to wear it. These sacred perfumes were made out of materials like liquid myrrh, fragrant cinnamon, fragrant cane, and cassia. It was strictly forbidden that the people cannot own it or use it, for the fear that they would also possess the power of these divine scents. This pattern repeated again and again from Mesopotamia to China, where the Imperial family commanded the most skilled alchemists to create scents from agarwood and rose, only to be used by the emperor and his closest circle. In this longstanding history of secrecy and exclusion some people tried to rewrite the rules and make these same sacred scents available to everyone. The immense level of dedication, commitment, and in-depth understanding of the elemental nature of raw materials made it impossible to recreate the techniques of the ancient perfume masters, until 200 hundred years ago scent masters in India decided to distill the rarest of flowers… TO BE CONTINUED! . . . #theperfumist #perfumist #thehouseoftheperfumist (at Houston, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChdAKYtOXLu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
