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A perfume of antiquity / a film by Agnès Molia and Camille Robert.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Arkeo
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Perfumes--Italy--History.
- Perfumes.
- Perfumes--Greeks--Italy--800 B.C.
- Essences and essential oils--Greeks--History.
- Essences and essential oils.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (26 minutes)) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [Eugene, Oregon] : Heritage Broadcasting Service, [2016]
- System Details:
- digital
- Summary:
- In southern Italy, an archaeologist and a chemist are in the process of achieving the impossible: reconstructing a vestige so tenuous that it was thought to be lost for eternity: the perfume of the People of Antiquity. Two-and-a-half millennia ago, in the Mediterranean, perfume impregnated every stage of life and guaranteed beauty, vitality and success to those who wore it. But to which essences were people attracted at that time? What did ancient perfumes smell like? What smells were appreciated? Answering these questions has long been a dream. Today, thanks to scientific progress and the alliance of archaeology and chemistry, it is now possible to reconstruct these forgotten fragrances.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on August 12, 2024).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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