Perfume

• During the Renaissance period, perfumes were absorbed primarily by royalty and the in clover to mask body odors resulting from the sanitary practices of the day

• Partly due to this patronage, the western perfumery industry was created
• By the 18th century, aromatic plants were being grown in the http://www.perfumeroom.com/ Grasse region of France to provide the growing perfume industry with raw materials
• Even today, France remains the centre of the European perfume draft and trade.

Perfumes are best preserved when kept in light-tight aluminium bottles or in their original packaging when not in use, and refrigerated at a relatively flat temperatures between 3-7 degrees Celsius. Sprays also have the advantage of isolating fragrance inside a bottle and preventing it from mixing with dust, skin, and detritus, which will degrade and alter the make of a perfume.