The Arabian chemist, Al-Kindi (Alkindus), wrote in the 9th epoch a book on perfumes which he named âÂÂBook of the Chemistry of Perfume and DistillationsâÂÂ. It contained deeper than hundred recipes for fragrant oils, salves, balmy waters and Discount Perfume substitutes or imitations of costly drugs. The book also described single hundred and seven methods and recipes for perfume-making, and even the perfume departmental equipment, like the alembic, still bears its Arabic name.
Knowledge of perfumery came to Europe as previous as the 14th era due partially to the spread of Islam. But it was the Hungarians who ultimately introduced the first cutting edge perfume
