Do you know the first modern perfume as made in 1370?
“Hungary Water” made in 1370 is said to be the first perfume that resembles the ones we use today. Before this date, perfumes were mostly fragrant oils and who knows… Maybe we’d still use those if Hungarian monks didn’t think of adding alcohol to the mixture. This perfume was made for Queen Elisabeth of Hungary and, in order for it to have the maximum effect, it had to be drunk as well as applied to the body! Hmm, now if that’s not one of the most interesting facts about perfumes I don’t know what is!
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