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Egyptian Perfume from Naama Bay Holidays by Claire Collins
Perfume was common in Ancient Egypt, where it was reserved almost exclusively for the nobility. Around 1000BC, the Egyptians developed the art of making glass from the abundant sand and one of the first uses of the new product was to make bottles to store their precious perfume in. Egypt became the world leader in perfume making, a title it has retained to the modern day. This is why many tourists on Naama Bay holidays, make sure they take home some authentic Egyptian perfume, which has no comparison with the mass produced shop bought ones of the western world.
Hieroglyphics in ancient tombs show what an important role perfume played in everyday Egyptian life. Documents from around the time of King Menes, around 3500 - 3000BC give perfume recipes to be used by the temple priests in their rituals. The Ancient Egyptians believed that perfume should accompany the soul when it ascended to the after-life and that is why perfume residues were found in the tomb of Tutankhamen when it was excavated. At first perfumes were not just used to scent the body but were rubbed on papyrus scrolls to save the document from insect attack. It was recorded too, that when Cleopatra first went to see Mark Anthony, her arrival was announced by the pungent perfume before her barge was even in sight.
Perfume was made from locally grown plants like Galbanum and frankincense and indigenous species like the white lily and lotus. In time, foreign plants were used as well like jasmine from India and narcissus. Plants were the first ingredients but the Ancient Egyptians then began to experiment with animal products such as musk. Documents from the time of Thutmose lll listed the common perfume ingredients as:- roots of orris, bitter almond oil, cardamons, balsam, oil of lilies, balanos oil, myrrh and cassia.
Today there are many perfume shops in Egypt, much frequented by those on Sharm El Sheikh holidays. One of the most famous is the Egyptian Perfume Palace at 9, Sphinx Street, Nazlet El Samman, Giza. They grow the flowers they make into perfume, themselves on a farm at Faiyoum about 90 km. from Cairo. They sell a very comprehensive range and specialise in Essential oils, Essence blends and Spices. There are a lot of perfume stalls and shops in the Khan Khalili Al Azerah area. Prices range from 30-60 Egyptian pounds for a tola (12ml) up to 300 EP for the strong