Perfume ki shodh ka itihaas bahut hi prachin hai aur iska sahi uttar dena mushkil hai kyunki yeh kai sadiyon se chala aa raha hai aur alag-alag kshetron mein alag-alag samay par vibhinn prakar ke sugandhon ko istemal kiya gaya hai.

Vaishvik roop se, puratatvavid hamesha sugandh aur khushbooon ko khojne mein vyast rahte the. Prachin samay mein, sugandhit padarth jaise phool, vanaspati, aur sugandhi dravya jaise chandan aur agarwood ka upayog hota tha.

Tatpashchat, itihaas mein kai log hain jinhone sugandh banane ki shodh ki hogi, lekin sabse pehla documented record milta hai ancient Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) se, kuch 2000 BCE se bhi pehle ke samayon mein, jab log sugandh ko roshni dene ke liye alag alag dravyaon ka upayog karte the.

Ancient Egypt bhi perfume ka upayog karte the, unke liye yeh ek bahut mahatvapurn hissa tha. Ve alag-alag sugandhi dravyaon ka upayog karte the jaise ki phoolon, phalon, aur vanaspatiyan. Unki mummyon ko banane ke liye bhi sugandhi dravyaon ka upayog hota tha.

Is prakar, perfume ki shodh ka itihaas lamba aur vividh hai, aur yeh vibhinn sanskritiyon aur kshetron mein prachin kal se chala aa raha hai.