Historia Y Ciencia del Perfume

von Maria Begona Imaz Fernandez de Troconiz

336 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Did you know that for centuries incense was more valuable than gold? That the Egyptians ingested kyphi as a remedy and ritual substance? That ambergris floating in the ocean sparked theories about sea dragons and unexpected fortunes? That musk and civet turned certain animals into living treasures? Or that the refinement of the still forever changed the history of science, medicine, and perfumery? Long before political maps existed, there were already routes charted by scent. Incense and myrrh crossed deserts and seas; nard, saffron, and oud were worth more than gold; and in small vials, fragrances and beliefs, power and knowledge traveled. From nature to essences, the aromatic chronicle of humanity. In this book, Begoña Imaz (@tradicionsilvestre) reconstructs the history of humanity through its scents. From the temples of Mesopotamia and the laboratories of ancient Egypt to the Arab markets and European courts, each civilization developed extraction techniques, raw materials, and formulas that transformed perfume into medicine, sacred ritual, a political weapon, and a tool of seduction. With the rigor of a pharmacist and the sensitivity of a perfumer, the author revives ancient recipes, explains traditional methods--from maceration to the still--and opens the old pharmacopoeias where glove-makers, apothecaries, and alchemists preserved their secrets for centuries. Understanding how the world smelled is another way of learning history, and perhaps also an invitation to reconcile ourselves with the nature that gave rise to all scents.

• ISBN: 9788419414984
• Sprache: Spanisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 04.08.2026
• Größe: 239 x 148 mm
• Verlag: Guadalmazan