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This is a list of some of the most widely known commercially available perfumes from the 14th century onwards, sortable by year, name, company, perfumer, and the authority for its notability. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
Attar. Camel skin perfume bottles from Kannauj. The bottles are for aging the perfume (the skin breathes, allowing the water to evaporate while holding in the fragrance and oil, becoming a perfume, or attar). Attar, also known as ittar, is an essential oil derived from botanical or other natural sources. Most commonly these oils are extracted ...
History of perfume. Egyptian scene depicting the preparation of Lily perfume. The word perfume is used today to describe scented mixtures and is derived from the Latin word per fumus ( lit. 'through smoke' ). The word perfumery refers to the art of making perfumes. Perfume was refined by the Romans, the Persians and the Arabs.
Joy (perfume) Joy is a perfume created for Parisian couturier Jean Patou by perfumer Henri Alméras in 1929. It is considered to be one of the greatest fragrances created and is a landmark example of the floral genre in perfumery. [ 1] It is no longer produced. [ 2]
Fragrance companies produce and sell fragrances and aroma chemicals. There are two broad areas of the fragrance business; fine fragrance (designer labels such as Chanel) and consumer fragrances used in personal care products such as soaps, deodorants and shampoos. They sell their products to perfume houses or producers of consumer goods.
He founded his own cosmetics company in 1919, and in 1926, began marketing beauty products under the name "Charles of the Ritz". Perfume was added to this line in 1927. In 1932, at the age of 24, Richard B. Salomon was named president of Charles of the Ritz, Inc. Twenty years later, he was elected chairman and chief executive officer.
The ex-retail CEO offered DailyFinance a rare glimpse into the breakdown of the costs built into department store prestige fragrances, using an average $100, 3.5 ounce bottle of a "celebrity ...
Some 8,000 perfumes were profiled in the 2015 printed edition of Fragrances of the World, accompanied by brand name, date, fragrance family and gender.The online database, updated weekly, archives profiles of over 17,000 perfumes, listing brand name, corporate group, creative director, gender, perfumer, date, country of origin, bottle designer, fragrance family, an image, an olfactory pyramid ...