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Why do men tip their hats when dating women?

This custom, like many others that we observe at the present time, went through many stages of development before it came down to us. Once upon a time, exposing your body in the presence of another person was considered a sign of respect and trust. Usually the upper part of the body was uncovered.

Over time, instead of exposing the body, it became sufficient to expose the head. Finally, simply raising one's hat was enough to show respect. In the time of the knights, it was their custom to wear their armor in public places. But when the knight was among his friends, he could take off his helmet. By this, he showed that he felt safe among friends and did not need a helmet for protection.

This custom, together with the already existing tradition of baring one's head as a sign of respect, gave rise to the custom of removing one's hat as a sign of courtesy. It is obvious to us that none other than a man should show signs of respect to a woman, and the custom of raising your hat when meeting with a woman lives on to this day!

Author: Likum A.

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Who Invented Perfume?

Perhaps, from the very first days of existence, people began to use perfume. By the way, the word "perfumery" is borrowed from Latin: there the word "fumus" meant "smoke". This leads us to believe that ancient people used to burn pleasant-smelling wood, resins, or leaves to obtain fragrance.

We know that the Egyptians used perfume over 5000 years ago. But the first who guessed to get rose water from rose petals were the Arabs. It happened 1300 years ago. The Arabs used water not only as a perfume, but also as a medicine. And the most ancient was rose oil, that is, an essential oil made from rose petals. Half a hectare of rose bushes yielded 1 ton of petals. Of these, half a kilogram of oil was obtained. No wonder such perfumes were too expensive.

Flowers such as roses, violets, jasmine, daffodils and orange blossom are used today to make perfumes. Did you know that cedar and sandalwood wood, lavender and peppermint leaves, geranium leaves, orris root and ginger root are also used in perfumery?

Ancient people made perfumes from flowers by extracting the essence with the help of water. This process is called "enfleurage", or the extraction of aromatic substances from flowers. Pieces of glass were placed in wooden frames and a layer of purified lard was placed on top. This device was covered with petals and laid one on top of the other. The petals were changed until the purified lard absorbed the right amount of essence.

In the modern method of extracting essence, a very pure solvent extracted from oil is used. It is passed through fresh petals until it is saturated with oil. The solvent is then removed and the perfume is purified with alcohol.

Today, science competes with nature in the invention of new scents. Chemists make artificial smells from coal tar, turpentine and other similar materials, and you can't tell them apart from natural smells. A specialist perfumer can create a floral fragrance that cannot be obtained from real flowers.

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