Perfumes

FRAGRANCE SALES DEPARTMENT

Cosmochem Chemicals has established a collaboration with the Italian perfumery GRC which holds a leading position in the Italian Perfume market and has established itself in the International Perfume Trade, for many years now.

Some of the most competitive advantages that GRC offers are the products quality, innovative ideas and flexibility/resourcefulness regarding samples shipping and merchandise delivery.

All you have to do is contact our lead perfumes manager, Mrs. Sinou Konstantina, for a debriefing on GRC’s history, foundation and functionality. After that, it would be our honor to demonstrate you the quality and flexibility GRC provides.

THE HISTORY OF PERFUMES

History suggests that all civilizations from the ancient years until now have used scents for various reasons.

Even primitive humans considered scents from flowers, moist forests and herbs, to have healing and stimulating properties.

The word “perfume” means “from within the smoke” and is connected to ancient religious rituals where incense was used.

In ancient Egypt, perfumes and more specifically the fragrant smoke of incense, were a way of communication between people and gods.

In such a way, incense was the primate form of perfume production.

As time went on, people eventually dropped the religious preface and started using perfumes for personal satisfaction.

Perfumes came from mixing fragrant plants with oils and fats and the art of perfumery was a privilege of the aristocracy.

The Arabs were in fact the inventors of perfumes since the technique of distilling essential oils from flowers was discovered by an Arabian doctor-alchemist.

He managed to isolate the rosewater from the rose petals and by doing so, rosewater was a milestone in the liquid fragrance production.

The first alcoholic perfume was manufactured by a priest for the Queen of Hungary.

During the 16th and 17th century, perfumes were used by the rich, for masking unwanted smells.

In the 17th century, the Italian Maria Farina created a perfume, which he named “Aqua di Colonia” which became a swiftly trend and spread throughout the royal families of Europe.

The 19th century was the period of synthetic perfumes evolution due to the composition of organic substances and following the progress of Organic Chemistry as a science. Synthetic substances were produced and could replace extremely rare and expensive natural components.

Thus, mass production of perfumes started and perfume was not considered a luxury anymore.

Perfume's chords or accords

A fragrance is an artistic composition, such as a painting or a classic symphony.
The term “chord” refers to the course of perfume along the flow of time.
More specifically, a perfume consists of three stages: top or head, middle or heart and base or end bottom notes.