A long time ago, people found a way to create a nice smell.They put nice-smelling wood or leaves into a fire. A nice smell came through the smoke.That is how we got the word perfume.In Latin,per means " through," and fumus means "smoke."
In ancient time,people used a lot of perfume.The Greeks used different perfumes for different parts of they body.Everybody use,perfume,both men and women. When guests came foe a special,the,host gave them more perfume to put on themselves.The Romans did the same as the Greeks.But they did not just perfume themselves once a day. They perfume themselves three times a day ! They also perfumed thier dogs and horses.They perfumed thier flags and things around the house such as drapes and cushions.Perfume was as important as food