Today, we think of scents and perfumes first and foremost as a beauty accessory. But millennia ago, perfumes served a much deeper purpose, being prized and valued in both medicine and religious rituals. Any modern perfume maker or chemist agrees that creating a perfume is not just about mixing and matching scents. It requires a […]
Once upon a time, in an era of stone palaces and spicy sand, lived two women. Today, the world would call them scientists or chemists, but back then they were known by other names. They were Tapputi and Ninu, and their art was combining scents into perfumes to serve the royals of Mesopotamia. Tapputi was […]
