Per Fumus Perception
The first form of perfume was incense. Incense was first discovered by the Mesopotamians about 4,000 years ago. Ancient cultures burned many kinds of resins, bums and woods at their religious ceremonies. They often soaked the fragrant woods and resins in water and oil, and rubbed their bodies with the liquid. They also embalmed the dead with these perfumes.> Early Europeans used many different containers to store their perfumes.> They used glass, gold, silver, porcelain, gems, pearls, semi-precious stones and various shells. Perfume was commonly used in the form of incense.> Some incense burners consisted of a container held from chains. It was swung like a pendulum during Mass in the Christian Church. There were also stationary incense burners used in Churches.> Some perfume containers were designed to be worn. Semi-precious stones held perfumes and were pinned to clothing. Silver earrings were worn that contained perfume soaked fabric inside them.> Many containers were designed to be hung around the neck, from a belt, or from a finger ring.> Perfume bottles were always handcrafted and designed by artists, jewelers and goldsmiths. Many bottles were designed to be worn, or displayed on a table.> Nefertiti, an Egyptian beauty from an earlier dynasty, surrounded herself with perfume: containers with myrrh, flacons filled with sweet oils, and handsomely ornamented jars of unguents.> Things have certainly changed in our world of perfume bottles since this time in history wouldn’t you agree ladies.. far less decadence …
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cherylc1
just gorgeous!!
LjMaxx replied
You have the quickest fingers next to Al B..lol. Thanks Cheryl.. Playing again in the storm today..:)
dpennyor
OH FANTASTIC WORK!!! fantastic my friend, such wonderful work!!!
LjMaxx replied
Hey Dennis. ManyThanks to you.. Gonna put it with a matt in here to show.. :)
LjMaxx
You have the quickest fingers next to Al B..lol. Thanks Cheryl.. Playing again in the storm today..:)
CanDuCreations
marvellos work
LjMaxx replied
Hey Thea… Thanks so much.. Your very quick too.. :)
dpennyor
gorgeous looking!! matted too
LjMaxx replied
Thanks Dennis,. :)
Scott Bricker
whooooa! so very nice! beautiful fractals, and educating, too! what a woman…
LjMaxx replied
Thanks so much Scott.. Good snow day fun…:)
happypattern
This is just brilliant work!
LjMaxx replied
Thanks very much H.P.. So glad u liked it.. :)
cdudak
LJ, this is so beautiful, love the coloring here and design.
LjMaxx replied
Hi Kay. Thanks.. I really appreciate that..
Susan Bergstrom
This is too awesome and the history was facinating! Beautiful work!
LjMaxx replied
Hi Susan.. Thrilled you liked it plus the read! :)
Cora Wandel
LJ, I love a nice fragrance of good perfume, and this image and your writing serves it well. Excellent as always. – Cora
LjMaxx replied
Hi Cora. Me too.. Seems more interesting to me when I hook the design up with something interesting for me to read.. .. I very much appreciate your commenting too..:)
Claire Farley
Excellent beautiful work!!!
LjMaxx replied
Thank you Claire.. Very much. :)
deegarra
wow what a fabulous look
is that my beautiful christmas present
LjMaxx replied
Thanks Dee.. Glad u liked it.. Absolutely this is all yours.. :)
SarahAnn
This is so stunning
LjMaxx replied
Hi Sarah.. Good to see you.. Thanks.. Merry Christmas to you & yours too.. :)
Kate Adams
Fabulous Lj!! I love your latest work.. has a very European look to it.
LjMaxx replied
Thank you Kate.. I amso pleased you liked it.. an u see this on your vanity now. filled with the purest of scents..? I can.. Ummmmm….... :)
Lynn Bawden
I can’t understand how you do these beautiful pieces. I hope my “Congratulations” rubber stamp arrives before this work is featured too. Nice work, LJ…Lynn
LjMaxx replied
HAhahaha. Thanks Lynn.. Stay outa trouble this wekend now.. :)
whisperjo
WOW!!!
LjMaxx replied
Thanks so much!!! Merry Christmas to you.. :)
Lynn Bawden
I can’t do that…I have to work. You have a restful weekend…enjoy yourself…Lynn
neogolas
I agree this is gourgeous.
LjMaxx replied
I am sooo glad u think so.. T.Y.. :) Also.. Merry CHristmas to you & your family.. Wishing the the finest of a New Year too.. xox
Keith Reesor
Gorgeous image Lj!! :>)
Irene Burdell
Beautiful fractal lj well done .
LjMaxx replied
Thank you Irene.. always… Wushing you a wonderful holiday season too..:)
Al Bourassa
I would sure like to know how you get those awesome colors to just POP like that. You seem to have the best creativity in this vein.
LjMaxx replied
Thanks Al.. Good to have at least one vein.. Merry Christmas to you & your family. Wishing ya a terrific New Year too..:) xox
Jonice
Lovely Lj! Jonice
LjMaxx replied
Thanks so much Jonice… Much appreciation to you..”)
AndyGii
It’s amazing!!! Love it
LjMaxx replied
Thank you Andy.. Sooo much too!!!
eyestrange
Yikes another CRACKER – Awesome job
Joe Thill
This is awesome Lj! So beautiful and very ver interesting to look at for a while. Great work!
LjMaxx replied
Thanks so much Joe.. Merry Christmas to you too..:)
blamo
Fantastic fractal design …............and i really enjoyed the read happy holidays LiMaxx
LjMaxx replied
Thanks Blamo… Same to you too..:)
Anthony Hedger
WOW beautiful work Lj just fantastic
LjMaxx replied
Hi.. Thanks so much A.. Glad u liked it..:)
Carol Barona
This is superb! Love your info!
LjMaxx replied
Thanks Carol.. Merry Christmas to you & yours!!!! :)
Andy Mueller
Wow, this is awesome!
LjMaxx replied
I am so glad u think so. T.Y… very much…:)
Robin D. Overacre
wow!!! so Cool this one is! These series your doing would look great on a wall!
LjMaxx replied
You Rock!!! :)
LindaMcCarthy
A wonderful likeness and an interesting historical account. Very beautiful image!
LjMaxx replied
You brought me luck.. Thanks Linda… Happy New Year to you too..:)
coppertrees
Congratulations great job
LjMaxx replied
Thank you Vickie,.. Huge smile on my face.. :) Wa-Hoo!
Scott Bricker
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
told ya
sstarlightss
Congratulations on your featured great creation! A precious beauty and a very intreresting hystorical caption.
LjMaxx replied
Thanks sstarlightss.. Sorry so late.. Out of the country on vaca.. I do appreciate your commenting very much! :)
Emiley
Spectacular!!!!!!!
LjMaxx replied
Thanks Emiley.. Sorry so late.. Out of the country on vaca.. I do appreciate your commenting very much! :)
linda858100
LOVELY
Greta McLaughlin
Beautiful fractal and the title is soooo perfect. Great work.
LjMaxx replied
Thanks Greta… Sorry so late.. Out of the country on vaca.. I do appreciate your commenting very much! :)
Helene Kippert
Excellent work!
LjMaxx replied
Thanks Helene… Sorry so late.. Out of the country on vaca.. I do appreciate your commenting very much! :)
Nith
beauty work
LjMaxx replied
Thanks Nith… Sorry so late.. Out of the country on vaca.. I do appreciate your commenting very much! :)
Randall Scholten
Amazing and beautiful! Informative narrative too!
LjMaxx replied
Thanks Randall… Sorry so late.. Out of the country on vaca.. I do appreciate your commenting very much! :)
madmac57
Awesome work….
joanw
This is fantastic! I like your perfume bottle much better than mine! :)
linda858100
awesome
mrscarlotta
Brilliant work gorgeous xxxxxxxxxxx
Jeffrey Palm
Wonderfully crative!! Lovely tones!
Nala
Fantastic Image and great work , ,well done
Lucindawind
fabulous work !
LjMaxx replied
Thanks Lucinda.. So pleased you had time to stop on over today~ :) :) :)
robpixaday
Spectacular!!
LjMaxx replied
Hey there RPAD.. Thanks so much here~ Appreciate it!
maxy
That’s so cool that you can put perfume inside semi-precious gems! This is stunning and does depict the world of perfume so well! Love the history too. Excellent work!
LjMaxx replied
Hey Maxy.. So pleased you read the info. Amzing how long ago and how decedant things were made way back when. Thanks so much here~
Paul Scarsella
simply amazing work – love it!!!
LjMaxx replied
Thanks Paul. Very old world like replica.. Had fun making this one.. They did things so much more decadant way back then.. Appreciate your time to comment too.:)
John44
Very creative.. great result !
LjMaxx replied
Hi John.. SO pleased you ck’d this out.. ManyThanks to you too. :)