The History of Perfume: Mankind's Millennia Long Battle Against Stank

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You know what we don’t talk about enough when we talk about history? How much it smelled. 🤢 From filthy streets and piles of horse dung to unwashed bodies, the past was a much smellier place than we might imagine. But scent wasn’t always unpleasant. Across the world, priests would burn fragrant woods, plants, and resins during religious rituals, and across cultures, fragrant smoke, powders, and oils were used to fragrance beds, cloths, and skin.

So how did we go from burning scents for the gods to the perfumes we know today? Let’s explore the surprisingly fascinating history of perfume.

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