How is perfume made?

Primitive perfume is made of aromatic plants. This is a real pure natural perfume. In the early days, the way to use incense was relatively simple, and sometimes it was just to insert vanilla directly. Qu Yuan's poem Lisao says: "The Shanghai River is separated from the Xi Zhi, so I think it is admirable." It means to carry Li Jiang Tsao Chi on his shoulders and hang Qiu Lan on a rope, which is a popular custom of wearing herbs in the ancient Warring States period.

China people have a long history of using incense. Aromatic substances have long been used by the ancients to perfume the body, eliminate filth and improve the environment. The common practice is to pick fragrant substances such as vanilla and dry them in the shade, put them into small pockets and make them into sachets, which are called "sachets".

In the Han Tomb of Mawangdui in Changsha excavated in the 1970' s, a sachet was unearthed, which was made of exquisite silk and filled with aromatic plants.

Extended data:

In ancient times, more cultured people would wear sachets with them. Because the sachet was worn by the ancients, it is also called "Pei Wei". Wear sachets when you meet your elders to avoid offending them by smelling them. It can be seen that the ancients used incense not only for the sake of incense, but to the height of civilization and courtesy.

It is worth noting that ancient Chinese people not only wore sachets, but also directly ate fragrant products and transferred aromatic substances into their daily diet. Qu Yuan's Nine Songs of the Eastern Emperor Taiyi said: "Yao Hui steamed Xi Lan Ji, and Yunnan Ghost Wine Xi Jiaojiang." This sentence means that four aromatic substances, namely wormwood, orchid leaves, cinnamon and pepper leaves, are mixed with food and soaked in wine or made into drinks.

When did the ancients make perfume?