Class: History of Perfume
Date/Time: | Saturday, 24 Jan 2015 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm |
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Location: | Reiman Gardens |
Cost: | Preregistration and prepayment required. Cost is $20 for members and $25 for the general public. ISU students pay 15% off the member price. |
URL: | http://reimangardens.com/event/class-his...y-perfume/ |
Phone: | 515-294-2710 |
Channel: | Reiman Gardens |
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The word perfume comes from the Latin phrase, "per fumum" meaning through smoke. Perfumes had many uses and meanings: Sacred, used in the worship of the gods or the burial of the dead; Status, used by athletes, aristocrats, politicians, and royalty; Medicinal, used to heal. In ancient Egypt, Greece, and across the Roman Empire, perfume was part of ritual, beauty, and commerce. The history of perfume is also the history of the human race.