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Perfumery,
or the art of making perfumes, began in ancient Mesopotamia
and Egypt but was developed and further refined by the Romans and the
Arabs.
The word perfume used today derives from the Latin "per fumum", meaning
through smoke. |
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The
world's first chemist was Tapputi, a perfume maker
who was
mentioned in a cuneiform from the 2 BC in Mesopotamia
Although perfume and perfumery also existed in East Asia, much of its
fragrances are incense based. |
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