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How Toxic Individualism Is Destroying Relationships & The History of Fragrances

Something You Should Know

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Are Flowers Bread for Fragrance?

There is very little breeding for fragrance, and the story of roses kind of points that out. For centuries, perfume was relegated to the wealthy and the people who could afford it. But as chemists became involved in fragrance, somewhere in the late 18 hundreds, they began analyzing the molecules in the plants. And if you want to replicate perfumes on a massive scale, you're going to have to be able to use single molecules.

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