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 Are you interested in fragrances? Almost any woman will tell you that this theme captures and draws. Then let's talk a little about the smells and perfumes? We hope you will be interested.
The world of perfumes conceals many mysteries, interesting facts and discoveries! And that is why the spirits to become today the same thing everyday as a toothbrush and a glass of water, still leaves behind a trail of mystery and intrigue.
Let's learn new facts and stories about the spirits.
How old are they?
It is for certain hard to say. What came to us - it is extracted by archaeologists and historians about using precious fragrant liquids ancient Greeks and Egyptians. So, it more than 4,000 years. While there may be more.
For a long time, perfumes were used to mask unpleasant odors when bathing, taking baths was a great luxury, even for the rich. It was during the Renaissance. Health, of course, questionable, but people really used to wash less frequently. European aristocrats used expensive aromatic mixtures to mask unpleasant odors from the body, especially in the critical days. Sometimes girls have not washed for months!
Most of the early scents were in the form of oils and incense, the ancient Greeks were the first to create liquid forms. The most popular ingredients for Greek flavors are a mixture of spices and herbs, and Greek notes today, such as bergamot, coriander and almonds is a trend in perfumes 2012.
Later Persian Muslim doctor and chemist discovered how to extract oils from flowers by distillation process, which is practiced to this day. But not only in mass production of fragrances.
 Today, for the production of spirits fresh flowers are not used
. Therefore, reading the summary, that is the smell of any flower notes, it is not necessary to believe that this fragrance perfumers specifically collected flower petals. Then would the spirits were still a luxury. But today is an affordable product. But the real smell of flowers now replaced by synthetic.
In the old spirits were more natural in composition, this is understandable, but they should only be stored in a cool, dark place, and their shelf life was not as long as in modern fragrances for industrial production, albeit with the use of synthetics. The first synthetic fragrance industrial production was established in the 1800s in France. But until the mid-20th century, perfumes were a symbol of high society, and only recently (since the middle of last century) became a mass passion and relatively affordable product.
 The first modern fragrance was created in 1370!
It was «Hungary Water» (Hungarian water). Experts believe that this issue can be regarded as closest to what we now call the perfume. Until that time, perfumes were mostly a combination of aromatic oils, but the Hungarian monks invented the first time added to the odorous mixture of alcohol for better conservation and preservation of smells all the properties for a long time. The first fragrance «Hungary Water» was presented to Queen Elizabeth of Hungary.
What fragrances are
. Modern perfumes are made with so many different ingredients that the only way to find its flavor - is to deal with the classification. The choices are: bright floral aromas, wood, fresh green, oceanic, spicy, oriental. But besides the main character for odor is important and this strength: is the lungs, such as colognes (which evaporate quickly), in which about 5% of the extracts, and most persistent - a so-called perfumes therein from 20 to 40% of extract of perfume.
 Make the most effective perfume is a snap
. To ensure that the duration of the odor, not necessarily to pour the floor favorite bottle of perfume. Just a few drops on the chest and on the back of the neck, and you all day will enjoy its aroma. These areas of the body are converted into "hot spots" when you're nervous or when there are strong emotions in such moments are strongly pulsing blood, and it allows the flavor to "work" on the skin.
On the flavors can talk for a long time. Get this theme in a circle of friends, and see how much new to learn, and how long the nice talk. By the way, you know that denotes the word "perfume"? «Perfume» is of Latin origin, a word formed from the Latin expression «per fumum», which literally translates as "through smoke." So simple! And, incidentally, the first ancient perfumer was a woman, and now, when all the designer houses "occupied" by male designers, perfume remains the area in which still runs a lot of women, including the best "noses" of modernity.
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