| Perfume has been a desired commodity
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| | Perfume was worn by both men and women
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| since ancient times and many of the
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| | and was central to cult worship as it was
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| techniques used are still used to some
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| | seen as pleasing to the gods and able to
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| degree today. When looking at ancient
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| | win their favour. It covered the scent of
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| attitudes towards perfume it is
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| | sacrifices during ceremonies, and was
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| surprising to discover how much it
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| | used as a good omen for marriage and
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| actually reflects the expectations of it
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| | childbirth. Babies were anointed with it
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| in the modern day. To understand the
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| | for good health. It was also central to
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| nature of it in Ancient Greece,
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| | death. Perfumed libations were carried at
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| historians rely upon written sources,
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| | the front of the funeral procession.
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| excavated mosaics and other pictorial
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| | Bodies were burned wrapped in perfumed
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| representations and artifacts such as
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| | shrouds which were thought to help secure
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| perfume bottles. From these items, lots
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| | a happy afterlife. Other bodies were
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| can be determined about the function,
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| | buried with containers of it, again as
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| importance and production of it in
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| | offerings to the gods.
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| ancient Greece.
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| | Perfume was also integral to cleanliness,
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| The art of perfume making began in the
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| | and used in elaborate bathing rituals by
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| island such as Crete and other Greek
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| | both men and women. It was used so
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| colonies. It was brought to the agora or
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| | widespread that the philosopher Socrates
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| marketplace and sold from stalls. The
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| | openly disliked and dismissed its usage
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| ancient Greeks quickly began to
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| | claiming it made a free man
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| experiment with them, and created their
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| | indistinguishable from a slave. Athletes
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| own extraction techniques which
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| | used perfume after exercise for medicinal
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| incorporated boiling herbs and flower
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| | purposes in the form of balms and unguent
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| petals. These methods isolated the
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| | oils. This is an early recognition of the
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| required plant ingredients and then
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| | possible therapeutic and healing
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| perfumes were made by infusing the
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| | properties that are reminiscent of
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| extracted scents in oils. The process was
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| | attitudes towards aromatherapy and
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| a simple version of modern techniques but
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| | aromacology in modern times. Hospitality
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| could create as wide a variety of them as
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| | also required an abundance of perfume as
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| can be enjoyed today.
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| | guest`s feet were washed and anointed on
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| The ingredients were mainly homegrown
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| | being seated. Some wines were also
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| flowers such as iris and marjoram, roses,
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| | perfumed according to works by Appicius,
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| lilies, and violets. Herbs and spices
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| | in the hope that they had medicinal
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| such as sage and cumin were also used.
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| | properties.
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| Incense and myrrh were seen as decadent
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| | With the importance of perfume so
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| and were perfume ingredients reserved for
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| | apparent, it is no surprise that it was
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| gods until the 4th century when there was
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| | stored in bottles shaped as birds an
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| a shift in tastes, ideology and
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| | animals, sometimes only a few inches in
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| availability. Like other ancient
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| | size. Many are found from around the 6th
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| civilization, the ancient Greeks imported
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| | century BC and are known as plastics. In
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| oriental essences to create more exotic
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| | fact, the perfume bottles are spun
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| perfumes. However, unlike other
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| | ceramics and they commonly adopted a
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| civilizations, they kept them mainly for
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| | shape which reflected the type of perfume
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| their own use, rather than for export.
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| | to be contained.
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| Perfume was central to ancient Greek
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| | Lekuthos were used for liquid perfume and
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| life. It was so popular that the
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| | were slim elegant glass bottles.
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| politician Solon temporarily banned the
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| | Aryballes were used for oils and
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| use of it to prevent an economic crisis.
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| | unguents. Alabastron perfume bottles were
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| It was at the centre of hospitality,
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| | highly prized, mainly amongst women and
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| wealth, status, daily life and even
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| | it was common for the craftsmen to brand
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| philosophy. It was seen as erotic,
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| | the bottles to mark their craftsmanship,
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| mystical and spiritual. It was linked to
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| | making them even more collectable. As you
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| beauty which was inextricably linked with
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| | can see, there are many similarities to
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| divinity. The origins of perfume and
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| | modern day attitudes towards perfume.
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| perfumery are interwoven with Greek
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| mythology. In Homeric tradition, the
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| | can be distributed without any previous
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| Olympian gods taught perfumery to people.
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| | authorization from the author. However
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| The colour and scent of the rose is
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| | the author's name and all the URLs
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| attributed to events surrounding Venus
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| | (links) mentioned in the article and
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| and Cupid.
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