j'aime le parfum

Perfume is a story in odour, sometimes poetry in memory.

Perfume, fragrant product that results from the artful blending of certain odoriferous substances in appropriate proportions.

The word is derived from the Latin per fumum, meaning “through smoke.”

The art of perfumery was apparently known to the ancient Chinese, Hindus, Egyptians, Israelites, Carthaginians, Arabs, Greeks, and Romans.

References to perfumery materials and even perfume formulas are found in the Bible.