{"product_id":"2940014050241","title":"How To Make Your OWN Perfume","description":"Why is it that women love perfume as much as men\u003cbr\u003elove cars? There are some researchers who believe\u003cbr\u003ethat a woman’s reason for loving perfume is because\u003cbr\u003eof the pheromones their bodies produce. Often,\u003cbr\u003ecertain scents or perfumes trigger the increase of\u003cbr\u003ehow much pheromone a woman’s body will produce.\u003cbr\u003eWhile a perfume will help in increasing the\u003cbr\u003eproduction of a woman’s pheromone levels, they are\u003cbr\u003ealso liked by women because of the attention they\u003cbr\u003eget from a member of the opposite sex or even from\u003cbr\u003eanother woman.\u003cbr\u003eIn studies carried out, nearly 80% of all women\u003cbr\u003ewill make a perfume purchase at least once each\u003cbr\u003eyear.\u003cbr\u003eMany women will tell you that the reason they\u003cbr\u003epurchase a particular perfume for themselves is\u003cbr\u003ethat it makes them smell great and they seem to\u003cbr\u003efeel better about themselves. It also makes them\u003cbr\u003efeel a little bit more feminine.\u003cbr\u003eNot only does smelling great make a woman feel good\u003cbr\u003eabout herself, but it will make her feel attractive\u003cbr\u003ealso.\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, we will be looking at ways of how to\u003cbr\u003emake your own perfume so that you can produce a\u003cbr\u003escent which is particular to you, and unlike any of\u003cbr\u003ethose that you can buy either in store or over the\u003cbr\u003einternet.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 – The History of\u003cbr\u003ePerfumery\u003cbr\u003ePeople’s use of scents, aromas and fragrances has\u003cbr\u003ebeen used for many centuries, and when and why\u003cbr\u003epeople started to prepare and use them seems lost\u003cbr\u003eto us. However, over the years, evidence has been\u003cbr\u003efound through archeological findings, as well as\u003cbr\u003etexts written by our ancestors, that has shown just\u003cbr\u003ehow aromas were being used. In the very early\u003cbr\u003ecivilizations, scented flowers and herbs were used\u003cbr\u003eby people to worship the Gods, and when burned,\u003cbr\u003esome of these plants would release strong aromas.\u003cbr\u003eSuch scented fires became part of many religious\u003cbr\u003erituals. In fact, you will find that many\u003cbr\u003ereligions still use scented fires today.\u003cbr\u003eBoth the Assyrian’s and Egyptians used scented\u003cbr\u003eoils. Because of this, the demand for the raw\u003cbr\u003ematerials needed to produce both fragrances and\u003cbr\u003eremedies led to the discovering of new ways of\u003cbr\u003eextracting scents from the plants they used. Such\u003cbr\u003etechniques as pressing, decoction, pulverization\u003cbr\u003eand maceration were developed and mastered by both\u003cbr\u003ethe Assyrian’s and the Egyptians. They even made\u003cbr\u003eattempts at trying to produce essential oils by\u003cbr\u003edistillation.\u003cbr\u003eSlowly, the use of perfumes spread to Greece, where\u003cbr\u003enot only were they used in religious ceremonies,\u003cbr\u003ebut also for personal purposes as well. When the\u003cbr\u003eRomans saw what the Greeks were doing, they began\u003cbr\u003eto use fragrances even more lavishly. There are\u003cbr\u003emany manuscripts around describing the herbs which\u003cbr\u003ethey brought from all over the world to produce the\u003cbr\u003efragrances they used.\u003cbr\u003eHowever, as the Roman Empire fell, so the use of\u003cbr\u003earomas for personal use began to decline. However,\u003cbr\u003eduring the Middle Ages, perfumes again were being\u003cbr\u003eused only in churches in Europe for religious\u003cbr\u003eceremonies and to cover the stench caused by the\u003cbr\u003emany diseases which abounded at this time.\u003cbr\u003eThen when trade with the Orient was reestablished\u003cbr\u003eat the beginning of the 13th Century, exotic\u003cbr\u003eflowers, herbs and spices became more readily\u003cbr\u003eavailable around Europe. Venice quickly became the\u003cbr\u003ecenter of the perfume trade. It was not long\u003cbr\u003ebefore perfumery soon spread to other European\u003cbr\u003ecountries. The perfume trade then developed even\u003cbr\u003efurther, as those returning from the crusades\u003cbr\u003ereintroduced perfume for personal use.\u003cbr\u003eHowever by the late 18th Century, the synthetic\u003cbr\u003ematerial fragrance was being produced, and this was\u003cbr\u003ethe beginning of perfumery in the modern age. Thus\u003cbr\u003ewith the introduction of synthetics, perfumes would\u003cbr\u003eno longer be exclusively used by the rich and\u003cbr\u003efamous. Also, because synthetics were now being\u003cbr\u003eused to produce perfumes, they could now be made on\u003cbr\u003ea much larger scale, although naturals were still\u003cbr\u003ealso being used to help soften the synthetics.\u003cbr\u003eToday, natural products still remain a very\u003cbr\u003eimportant part of the production of perfumes in\u003cbr\u003emodern formulations.\u003cbr\u003eBut today, more and more people are turning away\u003cbr\u003efrom the industrial techniques of producing\u003cbr\u003eperfume, and preferring to make it themselves\u003cbr\u003einstead. But for many people making their own\u003cbr\u003eperfumes, not only is it easy to do, but it is also\u003cbr\u003ea great source of pleasure and fun for them.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 – What Can Perfume\u003cbr\u003eBe Made From?\u003cbr\u003eAny perfume you buy or make yourself is a chemical\u003cbr\u003ecompound made from fragrant oils, aroma blends,\u003cbr\u003efixatives and solvents, which produce a pleasant or\u003cbr\u003eattractive smell. Primarily women use perfume in\u003cbr\u003eorder to smell nice if they are attending a special\u003cbr\u003eevent, or to help attract a mate.\u003cbr\u003eThe composition of ...","brand":"99 \u0026cent; store, save a lot more","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070390550768,"sku":"2940014050241","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014050241_p0.jpg?v=1763608760","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014050241","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}