A long time ago, people found a way to create a nice smell. They put smelling wood or leaves into a fire. nice smell came through the smoke. That is how we got the word perfume. Latin per means"through," and fumus means"smoke." The In ancient people a lot of perfume. Everybody used different perfumes for different parts of the body. for a used perfume, both men and women. When guests came There differ dinner, the host gave them more perfume to put on did themselves. The Romans did the same as the Greeks. But they Todd just perfume themselves once a day. They perfumed themselves three times a day! and horses. They perfumed their flags and things around the house such as drap Som 6 and cushions. Perfume was as important as food past. Perfume is also Today, perfume not natural as it was in the the difference simple to make. A perfume expert must tell among nineteen thousand different smells. Most of these smells 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 that smells like leather is one just one example. Also, scientists are finding that some smells make us feel better. They help 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 completely different way. Perfumes 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. People buy perfumes not just for the smell, also for the name. Unit 6 Inventions