In her now defunct blog The Tig, the former actress explained that Wild Bluebell by Jo Malone London is one of her two signature scents. Ladies of the day took great pride in creating delightful fragrances and they displayed their skill in mixing scents in a manor houses' still room. By this time perfume was deemed so important to the French aristocracy that King Louis XIV (reign 1643 to 1715) commissioned his perfumer to create a new scent for each day of the week.

Until his discovery, liquid perfumes were mixtures of oil and crushed herbs, or petals which made a strong blend.It was born of those Provençal evenings filled with fireflies when green jasmine serves as a counterpoint to the melody of the night and the earth.

The Persian Muslim doctor and chemist Ibn Sina (also known as Avicenna) introduced the process of extracting oils from flowers by means of distillation, the procedure most commonly used today.

One of the earliest distillation of Ittar was mentioned in the Hindu Ayurvedic text Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita. Fragrance has been used in religions ceremonies, medieval medicine, and to demonstrate ones wealth and power. Knowledge of perfumery came to Europe as early as the 14th century due partially to Moorish influences and knowledge. Sadly, Dior died just a year after the stunning lily of the valley-based Diorissimo was first unveiled (see the detail above of a beautiful vintage bottle).

Demachy himself choose and selects ingredients from around the world: Arabian jasmine, Tuscan iris, tuberose, patchouli, neroli, Calabrian bergamot. In 1864 Henri Brocard, the son of a small Parisian perfumer, opened a soap and perfume business in Moscow [. First we will answer some popular perfume related questions, then take a journey from early civilisation all the way to the present day with a rather helpful history of perfume timeline.By the 18th century, aromatic plants were being grown in the Grasse region of France to provide the growing perfume industry with raw materials. Love the Vitamin Splash and Cleanser but I think, sadly the mask was out of date or defective as it's very bitty and unable to smooth over skin. e.: bitter orange and other citrus trees, all of which imported from China and southeast Asia) could be successfully cultivated in the Middle East, and are to this day key ingredients in perfumery.

She recorded her techniques and methods and those were passed on, with her most groundbreaking technique in using solvents. A cuneiform tablet from Mesopotamia, dating back more than 3,000 years, identifies a woman named Tapputi as the first recorded perfume maker. It was Princess Diana’s favourite perfume, and her son Harry brought the scent to his therapy sessions following her tragic death.Through our longstanding contacts in the world of perfume – perfumers, bottle designers, brand creators, the fashion designers who have their names on some of the world’s bestselling scents – we have our finger on the pulse-point of everything that’s happening – and we are delighted to share it with you here. It is also thought that Pharaoh’s and the Egyptian wealthy elite used perfume as a status symbol of their social standing and power.