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 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 the body. Everybody used perfume,both men and women. When guests came for a special dinner, the host gave them more perfume to put on themselves.The Romansw did the same as the Greeks. But they did not just perfume themselves once a day. they perfumeed themselvees three time a day they also perperfumed their dogs and horses. they perfume their flags and things around the house such as drapes and cushions.Perfume was as important as food.
Today,perfume is not natural as it was in the past.Perfume is alsi not simple to make.A perfume expert must tell the difference among nineteen thousand differant smeells. Most of thesesmeiis are from chemicals;they are not from real flowers. For a very good perfume today, the expert mixes more than a hundred ingredients.Perfume has other uses too. Plastic than smells like leather is just one example. Also, scientists are finding that some smells make us feel better. They heip us to relax, to sleep, or to feel happier.Scientists found that the smell of apples with spices can make our blood pressure go down. In the future, we may use perfume in a completeiy different way.
Perfume we see in the stores have names of famous designers like Gucci or Chanel on them.Some perfumes even have names of movie stars on them. Peopie buy perfumes not just for the smell,but also for the name.