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18TH CENTURY PERFUMES & ESSENTIAL OILS GRASSE, FRANCE PARFUME CAPITOL OF THE WORLD GRASSE, FRANCE GRASSE IS SITUATED IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE WITH AN IDEAL MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE. THE CLIMATE, AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE REGION, MAKE GRASSE ONE OF

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18TH CENTURY PERFUMES & ESSENTIAL OILS

GRASSE, FRANCE PARFUME CAPITOL OF THE WORLD

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GRASSE, FRANCE

GRASSE IS SITUATED IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE WITH AN IDEAL MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE. THE CLIMATE, AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE REGION, MAKE GRASSE ONE OF THE MOST SUITABLE PLACES IN THE WORLD FOR GROWING MANY FRAGRANT PLANTS THAT ARE USED IN

PERFUMES. TODAY, GRASSE IS DESCRIBED AS “THE PERFUME

CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.”

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PERFUME MAKING IN GRASSE IN HISTORY

France has used scented plants for centuries. Catherine de Medici (1519 – 1589),

wife of King Henry II of France, is accredited with bringing Grasse into the world of

perfumery. Catherine de Medici saw the potential of using the many fragrant

flowers found growing in the Provence region of France in perfumes, instead of importing the traditional exotic perfumes that were popular at that time.

Although Grasse was famous for its tanneries during this period of history, the art
f perfumery making eventually became the dominant trade by the 18th century, a

tradition which continues today. Marie Antoinette of France (1755 – 1793), another French queen, often had her perfumer Jean-Louis Fargeon make up perfumes for both medicinal and aromatic purposes too.

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TRADITIONAL METHOD OF PERFUME MAKING

roses
jasmine
mimosa
lavender
iris
violet
orange blossom
tuberose
myrtle
Enfleurage was the traditional method of

perfume making in Grasse. Depending upon the species of flower, flowers were hand picked at sunrise, throughout the day or at sunset. Flowers were then left to macerate in oils and animal fat over a number of days. Different species of flowers required different time frames in which to extract the “perfume” (essential

ils) from the plant; time frames ranged

from days to weeks. Enfleurage is a labor intensive method of plant extraction and is little used today because of this fact.

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HOW TO TALK TO YOUR OIL LOVERS

YOUR BODY’S PHEROMONES HAVE A UNIQUE SCENT

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18TH CENTURY FRENCH PARFUMERIES

BOILED DOWN THE FLOWERS AND

MADE THESE OILS

ALL PERFUMES ARE MADE FROM

ESSENTIAL OILS

THE SOURCE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT.

ORGANIC AND PURE.

MOST OILS ARE SOLD BY BROKERS

WHO DILUTE THE OILS

PARFUME, EAU DE TOILETTE, COLOGNE

—- AND THEY DILUTE IT WITH ALCOHOL SO IT HAS A LONGER SELF LIFE

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NO ONE PERSON SMELLS THE SAME

BECAUSE THERE IS NO ALCOHOL, THE OILS ARE PURE,

THEY GO INTO YOUR SKIN

WHENEVER YOU BODY HEATS UP THROUGHOUT THE DAY,
THE INCREDIBLE DROPLETS OF THESE NOTES COME OUT
THEY MIX WITH YOUR NATURAL PHEROMONES AND

CREATE YOUR UNIQUE SCENT

MEN AND WOMEN RESPOND TO THAT UNIQUE SCENT

AND ASK, “WOW. WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?”

YOUR BODY CHEMISTRY HAS NOTES, ALL SMELLS HAVE

NOTES.

YOU WAIT UNTIL THOSE NOTES BLOSSOM. SO THE GREAT

FRENCH PARFUMERIES WOULD SPRAY YOU AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WAIT FOR THOSE NOTES TO BLOSSOM.

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ALL SCENTS HAVE A MOOD TO THEM

BECAUSE SOME ARE CALM AND CHILL

LIKE SANDALWOOD

SOME ARE CHEERY AND UPLIFTING
SOME ARE FOR FOCUSED THINKING
SOME ARE VERY MUSKY, MASCULINE,

WOODSY—- THESE ARE POWERFUL

APHRODISIAC. HETEROSEXUAL WOMEN

THINK THAT ON A MAN, IT SMELLS “DELICIOUS”

FEMININE SCENTS ARE LAVENDER AND

ROSE

OILS MIX WITH YOUR BODY- AND

CHANGES YOUR VIBRATION. YOU EMIT A TRANSFORMED VIBRATION.

OILS REPRESENT THE SOUL OF NATURE.