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“ Scents, like sounds, appear to influence the olfactory nerve in certain degrees. There is, as it were, an octave of colors like an octave in music; certain odors coincide, like the keys of an instrument. Such as almond, vanilla and orange blossom blend together, each producing different degrees of a nearly similar expression” - Septimus Piesse
George William Septimus Piesse (1820-1882) was a British author, chemist and optician known for his work The Art of Perfumery (1857), which contains detailed descriptions of the methods of obtaining odors of plants, instructions for the manufacture of perfumes based on harmonious combinations for the handkerchief, scented powders, odorous vinegars, dentifrices, pomatums, cosmetiques and perfumed soaps.
Septimus Piesse created the concept of merging scent and sound in the brain.
He identified odor molecules as having particular notes associated with them. This was the origin of the perfume industry"s use of musical terminology when describing odors (note etc.). In what he described as an Odophone, he compared sharp, attention grabbing scents with higher pitched notes and heavy scents with lower notes (think dark, heavy bass.)
Odophone was designed to be played like a glass harmonica with the fingers rubbing the glass bells, each of which would be scented with a particular odor. The fingers would release the scent and a fragrant symphony would result.
All early perfumes were made wholly from natural ingredients, using fragrant petals, seeds, roots or bark, together with scented gums and resins, as well as a small number of products derived from animals, such as musk.
Unfortunately, most of nowadays perfumes are made of mostly synthetic ingredients, adulterated essential oils and alcohol.
Approximately 98% of the world's low quality essential oils produced today are for the perfume industry, leaving only 2% of quality therapeutic grade essential oils.
Modern perfumes and colognes contain up to 90-95% Alcohol.
Perfume/Cologne contains 90-95% alcohol and 15-30% essential oils or fragrance
Eau de perfume/cologne contains 80-90% alcohol and 8-15% essential oils or fragrance
Eau de toilette contains 80-90% alcohol and 4-8% essential oils or fragrance
Eau de cologne contains 70% alcohol and 3-5% essential oils or fragrance
Splash colognes contains 80% alcohol and 1-3% essential oils or fragrance
Why pay high prices for these inferior and often harmful ingredients, when you can use high quality therapeutic grade essential oils, which are beneficial for your health???
More about the history of the essential oils in Essential Oils' Past and Present; uses by Famous Women Throughout The History
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