Ah, the scent! From 1900 perfumes were categorized in groups - single floral, floral bouquet, ambery (admixture of scents from animals, flowers and woods), woody (mainly sandalwood and cedar), leather (honey, tobacco, wood and wood tars), chypre (cyprus) and fougere (fern). Women wore tiny bunches of violets or tuberoses tucked in their bosom during social events, and among the privileged set it became parfum femme pas cher the rage to dab distilled oils of rose petals or orange blossoms on strategic parts of the body for romantic occasions.
It defines who they are and they never leave home without it. So, as you can imagine, meticulous devotion is taken when concocting a French perfume, which is probably why so many of the most-loved and iconic fragrances in the world originate from there. The very first "designer" perfume was a Guerlain scent commissioned by the Empress Eugenie in 1858, and Geurlain commissioned du Courval to create the first designer perfume bottle for it. The limited edition "Eau de Cologne Imperiale" sent du Courval to the top of the list of perfume bottle makers.
With the exception of Cologne in Germany, which is famous for the invention of "eau de Cologne", it was predominantly in the hills around Grasse overlooking the Bay of Cannes that techniques developed to extract "pure" perfume using the method of distillation or using alcohol as an excipient. You may also enjoy A Woman's Paris® post, French Impressions: Edith Kunz on the mystique of the Frenchwoman (sexy, smart, and chic) Edith Kunz, author of Fatale: How French Women Do It, shares clues that unmask the delicious deceptions plotted by Frenchwomen while suggesting how contemporary women can flirt like a coquette, charm like a courtesan and emit sensuality with cool confidence by merely adjusting one's attitude and garter belt.
We also learn that perfumes are made not only from the petals of flowers, but also from other plant matter, such as fruit (oranges and vanilla), resins (myrrh and incense), grasses and roots (verbena and vetiver), spices (cinnamon) and even wood bark.
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