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Archaeological discoveries on Cyprus

Palazzo Caffarelli

The oldest known perfume factory in the Mediterranean, buried by an earthquake in the IInd millenium B.C. has been brought to light in Pyrgos on the island of Cyprus by research from 1998 onwards by the Italian Archaeological Mission of CNR.
This exhibition presents more than 100 archaeological finds from the excavations and the nearby Museum of Limassol, as well as the fragrances themselves, which have been recreated using the techniques of experimental archaeology.

This exhibition originates from the recent excavations carried out by the Italian Archaeological Mission of CNR (the National Research Council) in Pyrgos, in the south-western part of Cyprus island.
The excavations - directed by Maria Rosaria Belgiorno - brought to light the remnants of a large industrial site dating back to the 2nd millennium B.C., which specialised in olive oil production.
In addition to an oil mill and warehouse, areas were found where olive oil was employed in weaving, scent production, and metallurgy (oil was used as a “fuel” to reach high temperatures in smelting processes).
The extraordinary extent of the discovery is the finding of an intact archaeological site: the area was supposedly abandoned in 1850 B.C. after an earthquake and a massive fire fuelled by the huge amount of oil.

The exhibition features the intriguing discovery of the oldest known scent factory, where the perfectly preserved facilities, vessels, and furnishings have allowed the Italian team to redesign the methods used to extract essences and the different steps in scent production.
Accurate analyses have shown that when the earthquake broke out, 14 different essences were being made in the scent factory, including : coriander, bergamot, laurel, myrtle, lavender, and rosemary.
Among the wide-ranging set of vessels on display, two precious vases of excellent workmanship are worth mentioning: an amphora with two anthropomorphic statuettes serving as handles and an ewer decorated with embossed serpents beside a human figure. The distiller - consisting of 4 big earthenware pots - is particularly interesting because it is the first example of a still in history and allows knowledge about distilling practices to be dated more than 2600 years before the 7th century A.D., when the Arab people were thought to have invented them.

The exhibition halls recall the lush vegetation existing in Cyprus and visitors will have a chance to smell the different fragrances recreated - based on the literature of ancient times - using raw materials and tools similar to the original ones.
The continuity in the production of scents until the Byzantine era is documented by a number of perfume bottles, like a small glass bottle with embossed roses and a bunch of grapes, some remarkable censers found in the temple of Aphrodite in Amathus, and two praying statuettes holding a flower in their hands. The exhibition is closed by some modern objects that are still used nowadays in Cyprus to make essences for domestic or liturgical purposes: stills to extract perfumed oils from lemon, sour orange and rose.

The island - consecrated to Aphrodite, connected to scents and female beauty - has remained popular throughout the centuries and its renown has been revived in the creation of “Chypre de Coty” - one of the best-known perfumes of last century - made by François Coty in 1917.

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T

he history of perfumes in Russia is closely related with french businessman Henry Brocard.
Brocard family (the father of Henry, Atanas) owned perfumery store at Elysian Fields, Paris and small factory.
But - business was too small and Atanas was not able to compete with larger businesses at France.
Thus, He immigrated to US in order to start business there.
But, that journey was not successfull and Atanas returned back to France in some time.
Next attempt was made by His son, Henry Brocard and that was successfull business venture - at the end of XIX th century Brocard factory at Moscow was largest in Europe, and Brocard was official supplier for Russian and Spanish courts.
First product of factory was soap - and at the beginning, it was produced at horse stable, just like first personal computer.
Henry was successfull as marketer - especially due to His wife, Sharlotte Reve, Belgian women who was educated at Moscow and knew Russian traditions very well.
They produced soap of special form, soap for childs with alphabet letters printed on it, round soap etc.
Later, at special tehnology show at Moscow they installed fountain operated with perfumes - and that was the start of Brocar empire.
Soon Brocar factory produced "Bouquet of Empress" perfume and first Russian eaudecologne "flowering".
That - first perfume still produced under the name of "Red Moscow"
Products was of good quality and supplied to other European countries.
1917 Revolution terminated Brocar empire, but His factory still exist and named "Novaya Zarya" (New sunrise in Russian).

Original Russian perfume Krasnaya Moskva (*Moscow Rouge*).
This fragrance was specially created for Russian Empress by a well-known French perfumer in 1913.
Direct from Russia!
Original Box included. Newly made.

Spontaneous perception of aroma: warm The characteristic of aroma on heart: flower Notes of disclosing of aroma The initial note: the Bergamot, a coriander, Heart of aroma: ylang-ylang, a rose, a jasmine Loop: an iris, vanilla, beans it is thin The concept of aroma: Alive communication of times The capacity is 40 ml (1,35 FL OZ) 91% Vol. Made by NOVAYA ZARYA Russian Perfume factory. The factory was founded at 1864 by Henry Brokar.

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Burberry Woman or Burberry London for Women is a feminine version of the fragrant duo, called Burberry. Burberry woman is simple and charming, she loves the City she lives in and enjoys the long walks in the streets of London. Perfume is made in striking minimalist design. It starts with succulent and fresh burst of fruits; peach, apricot, cool pear and black currant. The heart is woody-floral; composed of clear and sharp notes of jasmine gently harmonized with the notes of sandalwood and cedar. The drydown is made of musk and vanilla. The perfume was created by Michel Almairac in 1995.

The best known of Patou's perfumes is "Joy," a floral scent; another is "Sublime," which combines floral and musky tones. The world's second best-selling scent (the first is Chanel No. 5), Joy was created by Henri Alméras for Patou at the height of the Depression (1935) for Patou's former clients who could no longer afford his haute couture clothes. Upon its introduction, Joy was called "the costliest perfume in the world" by American socialite Elsa Maxwell, and it remains two to three times the cost of most department store scents. Joy's high cost comes from its use of rare florals; each ounce is purported to contain the essence of ten thousand flowers including Bulgarian roses and Grasse jasmine, as well as Michelia champaca alba.

JOY was created with a lot of care, just like the most expensive Haute-Cotture dress, and thus it was extraordinary and timeless. It was presented by Jean Patou as 'the world's most expensive perfume' right at the time of The Great Depression in 1929, when the market of luxury fashion crushed and Jean Patou's house could survive only through the perfumes.

JOY is created of rare flowers in unique concentration of 10600 flowers of jasmine and 28 dozens of roses which adorn the exceptional heart of this perfume. With the time JOY attains enormous success and became the second best selling perfume of all times (the first best-selling is the legendary Chanel N°5).

Intense and luscious with alluring floral composition, JOY was created by Henri Alméras, who made its top notes irresistibly delightful. The composition starts with fragrant jilt tuberose, luscious rose, ylang-ylang blossom, aldehydes, sweet and mouthwatering pear, and green notes. The heart beats passionately in pure and sweetly fresh jasmine notes, seductive and balmy spicy and darkened iris root. The base whiffs with sensual musk, warm and milky-powdery sandalwood, with mild musky civet tones.

The bottle, of simple and straight lines with a golden thread around its neck, was designed by the architect Louis Süe in 30ml, 50ml and 100ml sizes for Eau de Parfume and 30ml and 50ml sizes for Eau de Toilette. Regardelss of its simplicity, the bottle leaves an impression of luxury and hints that its content is one of the best perfumes of the world. In 1932 Jean Patou designed a small black and red bottle in which this perfume is also presented.

The nose behind this fragrance is Henri Almeras.

• Top Notes
• Aldehydes, Peach, Leafy Green.
  
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  Middle Notes
• Rose, Jasmine, Ylang-Ylang, Tuberose.
  
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  Base Notes
• Sandalwood, Musk, Civet.

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Femme, we are told, was thus constructed around this plum note, enriched with oakmoss and peach. It is of interest to note that the lineage existing between another Guerlain perfume and Femme is rather obvious on the empirical intuitive level even if you do not know that both contain the peachy Gamma-Undecalactone or Aldehyde C-14 and that is the kinship existing between Femme (1943-1945) and Mitsouko (1919), both being lush fruity chypres with a stewed-fruit quality to them.
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• Top Notes
• Bergamot, Rose.
  
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  Middle Notes
• Jasmin, Spices, Peach.
  
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  Base Notes
• Oakmoss, Woody note

Mitsouko Guerlain Paris 1919

• Availability: In Production
• Perfumer: Jacques Guerlain
• Bottle Designer: Baccarat

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Bassett's Liquorice Allsorts were created by accident in 1899, when Charlie Thompson, a salesman for Bassett's visited a wholesaler with a sample of liquorice and cream paste specialities - chips, rocks, Buttons, nuggets, plugs and twists. Each item was offered to the wholesaler and in turn was refused. The salesman clumsily gathered his samples boxes together, knocking them over and spilling the colourful sweets on the counter. The wholesaler saw more attraction in the 'mixed' sweets and placed an order. The salesman named them Liquorice Allsorts.

Mary sticks her tongue out, it's a sign
Two fingers is a magical state
And she promised me she'd show me why
I don't think I can wait

Hey, hey, hey, hey, show me Mary
How does it go? Show me Mary
Show me Mary

This flower is a living cusp, but how it kills
Infectious beyond all that's fair
And if I succumbed while standing here
Would you really care?

How does it work? Show me Mary
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, show me Mary
Show me Mary

Mary took a dive when it suited her most
No surprise you are sucked you construct for yourself
Or are you really someone else?
Breezing through somebody's hell
Purifying as you go

No, no, no, no, show me Mary
Where have you been? Show me Mary

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"DNA Nano Tracks"
"The tracks on the left are undecorated while the tracks on the right are decorated with streptavidin proteins. This is from (S-H. Park, P. Yin, Y. Liu, J.H. Reif, T.H. LaBean & H. Yan (2005) Programmable DNA Self-assemblies for Nanoscale Organization of Ligands and Proteins. Nano Letters 5, 729-733.) "

Thom LaBean
Duke University

"Polarized microscopy texture of the columnar phase displayed by the partially self-complementary CGCGAATTCGCGTT DNA oligomer. "

Giuliano Zanchetta
University of Milan
Prof. Tommaso Bellini University of Milan
Prof. Noel Clark
Colorado University at Boulder

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