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1. PERFUMES
Presented by:
Aditi Yadav
B Pharm
2nd year

2. Contents
• What is Perfume?
• History of Perfumes
• Notes in Perfumes
• Classification
• Aromatic sources
• Manufacturing process
• Composition of Perfumes
• Reasons of using perfumes
• References

3. What is Perfume?
• Perfume is a mixture of essential oils or aromatic
compounds, fixatives and solvents used to give the
human body, animal, food objects and living spaces a
pleasant scent.
• Initially it was used for religious purpose but now it
has become an ornament for both men and women.

4. History of Perfumes
• The Egyptians were the first who used perfume for personal enjoyment.
• The Greek used an extraordinary amount of perfume and each part for
the body they used a different fragrance for hygiene of the body.
• The Romans used perfume as a part of luxury.
• The oldest perfumery was discovered on the islands of Cyprus 40,000
years ago.
• The hungarians introduced the first modern perfume made of scented oils
blended in an alcohol solution.
• France provided to grow aromatic plants for perfume industry with raw
materials.
• England and Germany also contributed a lot in modernization of
perfumery.
• In India,knowledge of fragrant materials was known from early periods
and mention of some materials can be found in books of medicines like
Charak samhita and Shushrata samhita.
• Some materials still used in perfumery that come from earliest period
like myrrh, camphor, musk, saffron, sandal.

5. Notes in Perfume
There are three types of notes:
 Top notes
Eg. Citrus, light fruits( grape, berries),
herbs(lavender)
 Middle notes
Eg. Rose, lemon, jasmine, nutmeg.
 Base notes.
Eg. Sandalwood,vanilla,musk,umber.

6. Classification of
Perfumes
• Bright floral
• Green
• Aquatic
• Citrus
• Fruity

7. Aromatic Sources
Natural fragrant materials
 Plants source-Barks, flowers, blossoms, fruit, resin,
wood.
 Eg. Rose, jasmine, lavender, cloves, Sandalwood.
 Animal sources
Eg. Musk, honeycomb.

8. Manufacturing Process
• Collection
• Extaction
• Steam distillation
• Enfleurage
• Solvent distillation
• Expression

9. Composition of Perfume
• Essential oils
• Fixatives
• Solvents

10. Reasons of using
Perfume
• To mask body mal odor.
• Helps to get rid of anxiety and
depression.
• For religious purpose.
• To be fresh and chilled all day long.

11. References
•Sharma P.P, Cosmetics formulations, manufacturing and
quality control, edition 4th Vandana publication Pvt.Ltd,delhi
page no.643-655.
•http://www.historyofperfume.net date:30/01/2018

12. THANK YOU