Introduction to Perfume and Agarbathi in General

Perfume, the very word is derived from Latin 'Perfumum', meaning 'by or through smoke', as it was customary to burn incense. Perfumery is an art, which is said to have evolved from the science of alchemy, for instance,  'amber'  was the only known source of generating electricity till the time batteries were invented. In fact, electricity is a word derived from the Greek counterpart for amber. No history can be written or no lives can be lived without the inclusion of perfumery in it. Every religious scripture is filled with fragrant materials like myrrh, frank incense, spikenard, etc. Almost every faith in the world employs fragrance in their pursuance. According to a Vedic scr