FUN FACTS ABOUT PERFUME
The art of creating perfumes dates back to Egyptian times and has gone through some pretty interesting and crazy transformations since then. We’ve gathered few of the most amazing facts about perfumes for your reading pleasure, so keep flipping through!
#DoYouKnow Akbar the Great was so fascinated by perfumes that he had a whole department of perfumery. #AllGoodScent #trykaro
Jasmine is one of the most sensual and evocative floral notes used in perfumery, but you should know that part of its narcotic aroma is given by the fact that it has compounds like indoles, also present in faeces and bodies in decay, and paracresol, also present in horse sweat, that lend the floral aroma a dirty, carnal note. #bvlgari #givenchy #robertocavalli #calvinklein #giorgioarmani #britneyspears.
#DoYouKnow #trykaro Trying more than 3 fragrances at a time confuses your senses. #AllGoodScent
In 1921, Molinard released a fragrance called Habanita that was intended to scent cigarettes. You placed the satchels in your cigarette case, or applied it directly to your cigarette in liquid form for a “delicious, lasting aroma.” And you thought e-cigarettes were fancy!
#DoYouKnow Jean Carles, a famed French perfumer who created scents such as Miss Dior, was said to have insured his nose for one million dollars. #AllGoodScent
#DoYouKnow The most expensive perfume in the world is Clive Christian’s Imperial Majesty, priced at $215,000 for 16.9 ounces. It’s served in a Baccarat crystal bottle with an 18-carat gold collar and five-carat diamond. #trykaro too costly :P :D.
#DoYouKnow Many thousands of years ago, the famous ancient Egyptian queens Nefertiti and Cleopatra were using this beautiful handcrafted bottles. #AllGoodScent
#DoYouKnow #Coffee beans help resetting your sense of smell. Smelling coffee aroma between perfume samples is compared to smelling an unscented air.
#DoYouKnow that scents smell different on different people? Well, perfumers say that’s because your body chemistry can “push” certain notes in the fragrance thanks to genetics or what you’ve been eating.
#DoYouKnow humans have 350 functional olfactory receptor genes and mice have 1,300.
#DoYouKnow women generally have stronger senses of smell than guy.
