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In Ancient Mesopotamia, the Sumerians seem to be the first in history to create a perfume.

In fact, many references to perfumery are found in his literature. Authentic perfume bottles on the shelves of a Spice Bazaar store in Istanbul, Turkey.

However, it was the Egyptians who, in Ancient Egypt, promoted this industry, as well as cosmetics. The priests were in charge of their elaboration, in the laboratories they had to also create the different ointments they used in their ceremonies: every day they anointed the statuette of God with these elaborations, as well as Pharaoh himself when he attended the processions.

By 539 B.C., the Persians certified one more step and macerated flowers in oil, which they then squeezed. In addition, they say that different exotic flowers were brought from India and Arabia, in order to create perfumes in Babylon.

About 334 a. C., the perfumes arrived in Greece, after the conquest of Alexander the Great, where they considered them of divine origin and even believed that the women who elaborated the powers. With the Greeks the ceramic jars appear to store the fragrances. And from here, across the Mediterranean, passing to other latitudes such as the Near East, Spain and Rome, where the first perfumers are installed.

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