The Scent of Tasmania

[Paul Ferguson]

"Inside the lab, Maryka demonstrates the cold enfleurage ancient Egyptian technique to create scents. Cleopatra VII, the last active ruler of ancient Egypt before it was conquered by Rome, loved roses and geraniums. Her perfume merchant would have applied a technique similar to Maryka’s – extracting the flowers’ fragrances by placing them on a layer of animal fat, albeit in a much thicker and stickier form."

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