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 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.”
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 of 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.
TRADITIONAL METHOD OF PERFUME MAKING Enfleurage was the traditional method of • roses perfume making in Grasse. Depending • jasmine upon the species of flower, flowers were hand picked at sunrise, throughout the • mimosa day or at sunset. Flowers were then left to • lavender macerate in oils and animal fat over a • iris number of days. Different species of flowers required different time frames in • violet which to extract the “perfume” (essential • orange blossom oils) from the plant; time frames ranged from days to weeks. Enfleurage is a labor • tuberose intensive method of plant extraction and • myrtle is little used today because of this fact. •
HOW TO TALK TO YOUR OIL LOVERS YOUR BODY’S PHEROMONES HAVE A UNIQUE SCENT
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
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. -
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. • SO WHEN YOU PUT THE OIL OF THE EARTH INTO YOUR BODY, IT AFFECTS YOUR SOUL. MIXING SOULS. EARTH’S OIL = YOUR BODY OIL.
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