THE WARRIOR Annick.
Perfumes of history, from care to well-being.
Snoeck
Regular price
€25,00
| N° d'inventaire | 25976 |
| Format | 17 x 25 |
| Détails | 80 p., numerous color illustrations, paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | Ghent, 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9789461617460 |
If perfume continues to fascinate us despite a certain trivialization, due to the overabundance of launches (more than 2000 per year), it is because it has played a crucial role in human life for a very long time. From Antiquity until the middle of the 19th century it was the main medicine.
Today, after a long hiatus, he is once again entering hospitals.
Healing perfumes have existed since ancient times. According to Greek physicians, disease arises from corruption and putrefaction:
That of air, earth, stagnant water or decomposing matter which spread fetid odors. When they penetrate us, they cause diseases.
On the contrary, good scents are credited with powerful prophylactic and curative virtues.
Linked to the fiery, the rot-proof, perfume is also linked to the divine. In Pharaonic Egypt, it is the "sweat of the gods." A concept that finds an echo in Christianity. The Golden Legend compares the body of Christ pierced by the lance of a Roman soldier to a vase filled with fragrant balm spread to heal the souls of sinners stinking with sin.
The medicinal functions of perfume were carried over into the Middle Ages by monks who translated the works of Greek and Arab doctors and who also played a major role in the development of true aromatherapy.
From Antiquity until the separation of perfumery and pharmacy in France in 1810, the prophylactic and therapeutic role of perfume was constant. From Hippocrates, who, in the 5th century BC, asked the Athenians to burn perfumes on aromatic wood fires to drive out the epidemic that was sweeping their city, to Doctor Raspail, who, in 1843, still recommended camphor in the treatment of many ailments, to the abbess Hildegarde of Bingen, a famous 12th-century herbalist, examples abound. Scented waters, vinegars and aromatic powders, incense burners, balms, odoriferous sachets, amber apples, gloves, caps and scented fans constitute a whole odoriferous arsenal whose power is summed up in this sentence from a physician of Louis XIV: "All the virtue of medicine lies only in its odor."
Today, in line with the growing demand for natural products and environmental protection, we are witnessing a return to aromatic plant-based treatments. Perfumers and aromatherapists are developing organic, wellness fragrances.
Today, after a long hiatus, he is once again entering hospitals.
Healing perfumes have existed since ancient times. According to Greek physicians, disease arises from corruption and putrefaction:
That of air, earth, stagnant water or decomposing matter which spread fetid odors. When they penetrate us, they cause diseases.
On the contrary, good scents are credited with powerful prophylactic and curative virtues.
Linked to the fiery, the rot-proof, perfume is also linked to the divine. In Pharaonic Egypt, it is the "sweat of the gods." A concept that finds an echo in Christianity. The Golden Legend compares the body of Christ pierced by the lance of a Roman soldier to a vase filled with fragrant balm spread to heal the souls of sinners stinking with sin.
The medicinal functions of perfume were carried over into the Middle Ages by monks who translated the works of Greek and Arab doctors and who also played a major role in the development of true aromatherapy.
From Antiquity until the separation of perfumery and pharmacy in France in 1810, the prophylactic and therapeutic role of perfume was constant. From Hippocrates, who, in the 5th century BC, asked the Athenians to burn perfumes on aromatic wood fires to drive out the epidemic that was sweeping their city, to Doctor Raspail, who, in 1843, still recommended camphor in the treatment of many ailments, to the abbess Hildegarde of Bingen, a famous 12th-century herbalist, examples abound. Scented waters, vinegars and aromatic powders, incense burners, balms, odoriferous sachets, amber apples, gloves, caps and scented fans constitute a whole odoriferous arsenal whose power is summed up in this sentence from a physician of Louis XIV: "All the virtue of medicine lies only in its odor."
Today, in line with the growing demand for natural products and environmental protection, we are witnessing a return to aromatic plant-based treatments. Perfumers and aromatherapists are developing organic, wellness fragrances.
If perfume continues to fascinate us despite a certain trivialization, due to the overabundance of launches (more than 2000 per year), it is because it has played a crucial role in human life for a very long time. From Antiquity until the middle of the 19th century it was the main medicine.
Today, after a long hiatus, he is once again entering hospitals.
Healing perfumes have existed since ancient times. According to Greek physicians, disease arises from corruption and putrefaction:
That of air, earth, stagnant water or decomposing matter which spread fetid odors. When they penetrate us, they cause diseases.
On the contrary, good scents are credited with powerful prophylactic and curative virtues.
Linked to the fiery, the rot-proof, perfume is also linked to the divine. In Pharaonic Egypt, it is the "sweat of the gods." A concept that finds an echo in Christianity. The Golden Legend compares the body of Christ pierced by the lance of a Roman soldier to a vase filled with fragrant balm spread to heal the souls of sinners stinking with sin.
The medicinal functions of perfume were carried over into the Middle Ages by monks who translated the works of Greek and Arab doctors and who also played a major role in the development of true aromatherapy.
From Antiquity until the separation of perfumery and pharmacy in France in 1810, the prophylactic and therapeutic role of perfume was constant. From Hippocrates, who, in the 5th century BC, asked the Athenians to burn perfumes on aromatic wood fires to drive out the epidemic that was sweeping their city, to Doctor Raspail, who, in 1843, still recommended camphor in the treatment of many ailments, to the abbess Hildegarde of Bingen, a famous 12th-century herbalist, examples abound. Scented waters, vinegars and aromatic powders, incense burners, balms, odoriferous sachets, amber apples, gloves, caps and scented fans constitute a whole odoriferous arsenal whose power is summed up in this sentence from a physician of Louis XIV: "All the virtue of medicine lies only in its odor."
Today, in line with the growing demand for natural products and environmental protection, we are witnessing a return to aromatic plant-based treatments. Perfumers and aromatherapists are developing organic, wellness fragrances.
Today, after a long hiatus, he is once again entering hospitals.
Healing perfumes have existed since ancient times. According to Greek physicians, disease arises from corruption and putrefaction:
That of air, earth, stagnant water or decomposing matter which spread fetid odors. When they penetrate us, they cause diseases.
On the contrary, good scents are credited with powerful prophylactic and curative virtues.
Linked to the fiery, the rot-proof, perfume is also linked to the divine. In Pharaonic Egypt, it is the "sweat of the gods." A concept that finds an echo in Christianity. The Golden Legend compares the body of Christ pierced by the lance of a Roman soldier to a vase filled with fragrant balm spread to heal the souls of sinners stinking with sin.
The medicinal functions of perfume were carried over into the Middle Ages by monks who translated the works of Greek and Arab doctors and who also played a major role in the development of true aromatherapy.
From Antiquity until the separation of perfumery and pharmacy in France in 1810, the prophylactic and therapeutic role of perfume was constant. From Hippocrates, who, in the 5th century BC, asked the Athenians to burn perfumes on aromatic wood fires to drive out the epidemic that was sweeping their city, to Doctor Raspail, who, in 1843, still recommended camphor in the treatment of many ailments, to the abbess Hildegarde of Bingen, a famous 12th-century herbalist, examples abound. Scented waters, vinegars and aromatic powders, incense burners, balms, odoriferous sachets, amber apples, gloves, caps and scented fans constitute a whole odoriferous arsenal whose power is summed up in this sentence from a physician of Louis XIV: "All the virtue of medicine lies only in its odor."
Today, in line with the growing demand for natural products and environmental protection, we are witnessing a return to aromatic plant-based treatments. Perfumers and aromatherapists are developing organic, wellness fragrances.