An international team of researchers, along with experts from the Association of Aromatic Culture and Tourism (Turkey),…
Perfume
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Turkish researchers have uncovered the formula for an ancient Mesopotamian perfume during excavations in Ashur, the capital of ancient Assyria, located in modern-day Iraq. In the second millennium BCE, the…
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A perfumer, much like a composer, works with notes. However, while a creator of beautiful music can document their work in a score, fragrance makers are bound to keep their…
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Mind & Life
Scientists have uncovered the composition of ancient Roman perfumes. Their scent lingers to this day.
Spanish archaeologists have uncovered perfumes that solidified over two millennia during excavations of a mausoleum in Seville. The fragrant substance was contained within a carved crystal flask made of rock…