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Fragrances and Cultures
Ancient Fragrant Lore: from Egypt to the
Eastern Mediterranean
by: Elena Vosnaki
Egyptian scene depicting the preparation of Lily perfume, 4th century BC, from
wikipedia
If there are roughly two schools of thought among perfume lovers concerning the
products of the last century of perfumery—one embracing the past and its fragrant
specimens as superior to the present, the other placing a greater value in modernity
and aesthetic contemporaneity and some people straddling the two picking the best of
both worlds—few people can claim that the distant, ancient past of the use of scent by
man leaves them entirely cold. Like pop archaeology perpetuated into Facebook and
casual commentary over the cheese platter or relying
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