The History
Four thousand years of scent — the ancient perfume vessels of Egypt, Greece and Rome, the alembic and the rose-water stills of the Islamic Golden Age, the glove-makers of Grasse, and the birth of modern synthetic perfumery.
Part of Perfume
26 moments in this segment.
- — Kyphi: The Ancient Egyptian Perfume. a look at Kyphi.
- — The Ancient Origins of Perfume. a look at ancient Egypt.
- — Ancient Egypt: alabaster perfume/unguent vessels
- — Recreating Tapputi's 3,200-Year-Old Perfume. a look at Tapputi.
- — Bronze Age Aromatics: Perfume at Pylos. a look at ancient Greece.
- — Greek perfume vessels (aryballos/alabastron). )
- — Roman glass unguentaria (perfume bottles). )
- — Avicenna (Ibn Sina) — rose-oil distillation
- — Catherine de’ Medici — brought perfume to France
- — Santa Maria Novella — the oldest pharmacy
- — Johann Maria Farina — Eau de Cologne
- — Grasse: The World Capital of Perfume. a look at Grasse.
- — Grasse — the perfume capital of France
- — The perfumer’s organ (the nose’s workbench). ) The subject dates from 1950; this photograph was taken in 2009.
- — Chanel No.5 and Aldehydes Explained. a look at Chanel No.5 history.
- — The Story of Fragrances - How Perfume Is Made. a look at how perfume is made.
- — Guerlain — the historic Paris house. The subject dates from 1900; this photograph was taken in 2012.
- — Violet Enfleurage - How Perfume Is Made. a look at enfleurage.
- — Chanel No.5 — the 1921 landmark. The subject dates from 1921; this photograph was taken in 2015.
- — Perfume Through The Decades. a look at history of perfume.
- — Guerlain Shalimar (1925). ) The subject dates from 1925; this photograph was taken in 2021.
- — Enfleurage at Robertet, Grasse. a look at enfleurage.
- — La historia del perfume (Spanish). ) — a look at history of perfume.
- — Passion for Scent - The True Story of Perfume. a look at history of perfume.
- — Inside the flower fields of Grasse for Chanel No.5. a look at Grasse.
- — Recreating Ancient Greek Perfume. a look at ancient Greece.
