Perfumes. Origin, Etymology & Evolution

Aroma, Fragrance, Essence, Balsam … All these terms tend to be brought together under one premise: "Perfumes"

Who hasn't left himself/herself go by the exquisite smell of perfumes, sometimes in excess, others in deficiency, and only in some cases with the necessary touch to aromatize the environment.

These terms are representative of what in essence must be a perfume, which has to be used not too much, not too little but just enough.

By this mean we outline the creation of perfumes, which etymological origin derives from the Latin words per and fumus, which is translated into "through the smoke" and that refers to a strange composition and ancient manufacture of these products.

Now that we know where the word perfume comes from, we are going to discuss it’s evolution in order to find out how has it been along these years.

Primary, perfumes where made from simple scents and few elements where available to combine. As the time was passing by, new components where discovered, and that’s the pint when magic began.

Nowadays we see hundreds of perfumes and fragrances which composition is so complex but at the same time fascinating. Besides, the fragrances are incredibly exquisite. A lot of people has dedicated their life to manufacture perfumes.

A lot of big industries keep fighting for continue to grow as they struggle for making the best perfume. The catalog of perfumes gets bigger everyday, and tends to keep growing up faster, because there will always be someone ready to give birth to a new creation.

There we have a little perspective of how perfumes where created and how they continue to move on.