A perfume is a liquid with a pleasant smell, usually made from oils taken from flowers or spices and often used on the skin,Perfume comes from the Latin "per" meaning "through" and "fumum," or "smoke." Many ancient perfumes were made by extracting natural oils from plants through pressing and steaming. The oil was then burned to scent the air.
Perfumes used in cosmetics are complex mixtures of hundreds of ingredients (fragrances and other components), which together give the product its unique scent. They are used in practically all cosmetics, not only in perfumes (also named fine fragrances) Fine fragrances are named differently according to the perfume content Extract, Parfum, Eau de Parfum, Eau de Toilette, Eau Fraiche, Eau de Cologne, Cologne, Baby Cologne
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