Did You Know about the art of perfume making?
The word, perfume comes from the Latin, per-fumus, meaning through smoke. The art of perfume making started in ancient Egypt. The Egyptians used incense and perfumed balms, such as Myrrh and Frankincense, to scent the atmosphere in rituals. Other plants such as rose and peppermint were steeped in oils until a perfumed ointment formed.
Trade routes introduced spices to other parts of the world and a wider range of scents could be made. In the past many homes had a still room where essences were steeped out of flowers and herbs.
Trade routes introduced spices to other parts of the world and a wider range of scents could be made. In the past many homes had a still room where essences were steeped out of flowers and herbs.
Did You Know about essential oils?
Essential oils are concentrated plant extracts, obtained through expression or steam distillation of flowers, bark, leaves, fruits and roots. The easiest essential oil to see, is the pure essential oil that comes out of orange peel when you squeeze it. The concentration of essential oils reflects the intensity and longevity of a perfume. As the percentage of essential oils increases, so does the intensity and longevity of the scent.
That one of the most vital essential oils is extracted from the delicate white Jasmine flower and a pound of Jasmine can cost around £700. It takes 1300 pounds of Jasmine flowers to produce just 2lbs of absolute! The flowers have to be hand picked in the early morning or it will lose its fragrance and hence the high cost. It is such a pretty fragrance and Jasmine is one of the ingredients in many of FM's perfumes.
FM’s perfumes have a high percentage of perfume oil - Parfum for Women have 20% (others typically have 15-20% strength Parfum) and the men’s Eau de Parfum have 16% stength (typically 8-15% strength in others). The remaining liquid in a fragrance is either alcohol (in Parfum) or water and alcohol (in other strengths). NB - for safety reasons the alcohol used in all FM fragrances is Denatured Alcohol, which means that it has been made unpalatable, and therefore, undrinkable.
That one of the most vital essential oils is extracted from the delicate white Jasmine flower and a pound of Jasmine can cost around £700. It takes 1300 pounds of Jasmine flowers to produce just 2lbs of absolute! The flowers have to be hand picked in the early morning or it will lose its fragrance and hence the high cost. It is such a pretty fragrance and Jasmine is one of the ingredients in many of FM's perfumes.
FM’s perfumes have a high percentage of perfume oil - Parfum for Women have 20% (others typically have 15-20% strength Parfum) and the men’s Eau de Parfum have 16% stength (typically 8-15% strength in others). The remaining liquid in a fragrance is either alcohol (in Parfum) or water and alcohol (in other strengths). NB - for safety reasons the alcohol used in all FM fragrances is Denatured Alcohol, which means that it has been made unpalatable, and therefore, undrinkable.
Did You Know about the FM Hot Collection?
FOR HER ........................................FOR HIM
FM’s Hot Collection of some of the most popular Classic perfumes have even more perfume oil (30% in women’s and 24% in men’s) which means they are stronger and last even longer.