The word perfume pre-owned today derives from the Latin "per fumum", meaning through smoke. Perfumery, or the ingenuity of making perfumes, began in been around Mesopotamia and Egypt but was developed and further refined by the Romans and Persians. Although perfume and perfumery also existed in East Asia, much of its fragrances are incense based.
The job of composing perfumes that will sell is left up to an professional on perfume composition or established in the fragrance Wholesale Fragrances commerce as the perfumer. They are also sometimes referred to affectionately as a "Nez" (French for nose) due to their fine impression of smell and skill in trail composition.