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Almost as long as there has been human civilisation, there has been perfume. Its history stretches back thousands of years — the word itself is derived from the Latin perfumare, meaning “to smoke through”, a nod to the burning of aromatic materials in ritual and reverence. The practice of crushing flowers, resins and oils to conjureContinue reading “Scent and the City: London’s Perfumed Legacy | My Soho Times”