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a liquid lie about who you are, bottled in glass and worn as a dare
means A fragrant liquid, usually made from essential oils and alcohol, applied to the skin or clothes to make a person smell pleasant.
from From Latin per fumum, 'through smoke' — a memory of the days when scent meant something burning, incense curling upward to the gods. The phrase drifted through French parfum before settling into English, but the smoke is still hiding in the word: every spritz is descended from an offering on fire.
- whale origin
- Ambergris is whale digestive waste worth more than gold
- top to base
- Scents unfold in three timed waves on skin
- royal habit
- Louis XIV soaked everything, bathed almost never
- smells like fear
- Civet musk reeks alone, intoxicates when diluted
- memory hijack
- Smell routes straight to the brain's memory center
for instance
dior's eau sauvage — launched 1966, defined the modern aromatic fougère category
guerlain's shalimar — introduced 1925, one of the oldest continuous fragrances still sold