TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, June 24, 2013
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RANDOM TIDBITSThe word perfume originates from the Latin word per fumum, which means "through smoke."
In 2007, Italian archaeologists claimed to have sniffed out the world's oldest perfumes on the island reputed to be the birthplace of Aphrodite. Remnants of the perfumes were extracted from an ancient factory that was part of a larger complex at Pyrgos.
Common ingredients added to perfumes include ginger, grapefruit, musk, peppercorns, mandarin peel, fig leaves, rose, watercress, bamboo, clementine, vanilla, honeysuckle, and green tea.
To preserve perfumes, it is best to keep them in light, tight aluminum bottles and to refrigerate them at low temperatures between 3-7 degrees Celsius.
Perfume fragrances last longer on people with oily skin because their skin has more natural moisture content to hold the fragrance.
Chanel No. 5 perfume has been around since 1921 and is the company's most popular perfume. They estimate that one bottle is sold worldwide every 55 seconds.
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