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The art of making perfumes was important in Asia. That was where English and French soldiers found the sweet scents in the 1200s. They returned to England and France with the perfumes. Some soldiers even wore perfume into war. They thought it brought them good luck. In the 1500s, perfume was very popular in Europe. In France, Queen Catherine de Medici told her chemist to produce a fragrance for each flower in France. This was the start of a big business there. Even Napoleon had a perfumer. In the next centuries, many famous perfume companies were established.
When did the perfume industry begin in France?
When did the perfume industry begin in France?
- at the time Catherine de Medici was queen
- before the soldiers used it
- at the same time that it was important in Asia
- in the next century