A long time ago, people found a way

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 mens "through," and fumus means"smoke"
In ancient times,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 Romans did the same as the Greeks.But they did not just perfume themselves once a day. They perfumed themselves three times a day! They also perfumed their dogs and horses. They perfumed their flags and things around the house such as drapes and cushions. Perfume was as important as food.