#Ancient Perfume

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History of Perfume: 5,000 Years From Temple Smoke to Your Shelf

Perfume started as something you burned for a god and ended up as something you spray for a Tuesday. Here is the whole arc, and why it still shapes what is in your bottle.

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Clara Wen

5 min read

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Perfume in Ancient Egypt: Kyphi, Temples and the First Scent Industry

Egypt treated scent as infrastructure, not decoration. Here is what they actually made, what it was built from, and which of those materials are still in your bottle.

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Clara Wen

3 min read