Archeologists have discovered a Sephora store from 2000 B.C.
Ok, it`s not really Sephora, but it is believed to be the world`s oldest perfume factory.
Appropriately located on Cyprus, said to be home to Venus the Goddess of love, this factory still contains the original distilling equipment along with ingredients like olive oil, pine, coriander, laurel, bergamot, parsley and bitter almonds. The laboratory they uncovered is over 40,000 square feet and includes rooms dedicated to olive pressing, copper refining, and fragrance oil storage. According to the researchers, the plant employed dozens of people.
But the really cool thing is that these scientists have used the remnants of this ancient factory to recreate scents that are 4,000 years old. They duplicated the original perfumes using fragrance ingredients extracted from traces left in containers at the site. They even replicated the ancient extraction techniques by steeping the spices in water and oil.
Imagine smelling a fragrance that was made 4000 years ago “ this may be the closet you`ll ever get to actual time travel!
The Beauty Brains thank the M&C blog for the tip on this article. And you can read more details from the original associated press account.
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