While the seeds of perfumery were first sewn within the work of the alchemists and their discovery of distillation, it was some time yet before it began to take on the trappings of a business in its own right.
Several colorful characters of long ago made lasting contributions to perfuming that have remained long after their own lives ended.
By Sherika Tenaya Much of this blog series has been based off the work of Mandy Aftel in her groundbreaking book Essence & Alchemy, and this b...
By Sherika Tenaya It is hard to say when exactly perfumery made the transition from spiritually significant item of ritual, medicine and survival...
By Sherika Tenaya From the times of our earliest ancestors, we have been enraptured by scent in all its various forms. That love affair, while som...
Considering perfume has been a part of the human story since the human story first began, it comes as no surprise that there is a rich and vibrant history, a tapestry of sorts, sewn together from a wide array of different cultural cloths all colluding to inspire and inform our ever-changing relationship with our sense of smell.
