Archive for July, 2008
Posted on July 19, 2008 01:42:32 AM
The art of making perfume is known as “Perfumery”. In the recent discoveries more than 4000 years old perfume bottles have been recovered from one of the oldest perfumery factory in Pyrgos, Cyprus. After doing much research archeologists discovered that ‘Tapputi’ was the first person in the world to make perfume. He lived in the second millennium B.C in Mesopotamia.
Traditionally perfumes were made from the natural sources found in the local areas. It has been revealed from the old records that they have been using herbs and spices such as bergamot, almonds, coriander, myrtle, etc to make perfume. The flowers were not used by this time.
In the history of perfume ‘Avicenna’ a Persian doctor who was also a chemist is known as the father of modern day’s perfume. He started the process of extracting essential oils from the flowers. Distillation process were used which enables subtle tones to be extracted from the plants. The scents made from distillation process were so delicate that this technique is in use even in the modern day’s perfumery. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on July 18, 2008 05:03:10 AM
1. HP Photosmart M537
1.1 Pros
* It has an Anti-shake style
* This is the most openhanded software package
1.2 Cons
* It retains inferior picture quality
* This camera has a small number of manual controls
1.3 Economical model
This camera is economical, but you can explore better models for the equivalent amount.
1.4 Elegant features
The 6-megapixel HP Photosmart M537 is a vital point-and-shoot camera by way of 3X zoom, a 2.5-inch LCD and a very low price ($130) on the exterior, the M537 provides a sufficient number of elegant features for the price like inner-camera red-eye deletion, long lasting battery, a greatest compassion of ISO 800 and reflection stabilization.
2. Fujifilm FinePix A610
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Posted on July 18, 2008 03:01:48 AM
The perfume that we use today has its origin in the ancient world. It has derived its name from the Latin word ‘per’ meaning through and ‘fumus’ meaning smoke. It has its origin in the ancient Egypt. The Egyptians started making perfumes to honor their Gods in various ceremonies. Basically the idea behind the invention was to smell good. In the later period the French had given its name as “parfum”.
The perfume is the name given to the pleasant smell which comes due to the burning of the incense sticks. In fact the first form of perfume was incense and it was first discovered by the Mesopotamians. They use the incense at the time of various ceremonies and functions. They burned resin woods and bumps for the fragrance to fill the air. Even the fragrant woods and resins were soaked in water or oil and later they use the water to take bath or rubbed their bodies with it.
When it was first discovered it was used only by certain persons like priests because it was believed to be use only at the time to ceremonies and prayers. Later on it became available to all Egyptians and all citizens were advised to perfume themselves at least once a week. As a result of it the Egyptians keep perfume with them from the birth until they die. It is a general belief among the citizens of Egypt that the body becomes dry after death hence to make it silk and smooth fragrance should be kept in their tombs as well. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on July 17, 2008 05:58:08 AM
Science of Love
Love and its mystic beauty was always the favorite subject since centuries for the poets, lyricists, play writers and novelists to express their creativity. These were the set of people that wrote on the emotions and human understandings of love, its intricacies and what it does to a person who is in love specifically. The intellectual thinkers of our society dominated the meaning and expression of love through their eyes and often Romanized love relationships in myriad colors and fragrance. These classes of people believed and through their work made others believe and feel that romance is a beautiful experience that is inexplicable as the beauty of a moonlit night on a seaside or the beauty of a rainbow on a clear sky after a downpour. But these days this notion of poetic beauty of love is challenged by the scientists.
They seem to have rather a lot to say on peoples feeling of Love for each other. According to various scientists, researchers and anthropologists there is some irresistible cocktails of chemicals that occur within our brains that provoke us to fall in love. It is not the poetic love at first sight, but it is scientists’ study revealing that a person takes about 90 seconds to approximately 4 minutes to decide if one is fancied about someone. People is not fancied at the first instance by what they say, instead it is the body language that attracts the opposite partner.
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Posted on July 17, 2008 02:18:39 AM
Summer is the time when you love to see different plants and flowers blooming in your garden. Prepare a landscape for some drought resistant plants for this season. These plants require much less maintenance to do, less water and can tolerate the sunny and dry weather condition and yet fill your garden with colors and fragrance.
Ornamental grasses are great for your drought resistant garden. These are hard enough to withstand the harsh climate of the desert. This will bring color and enhance beauty of the landscapes. Some of these ornamental grasses are “The Blues Little Bluestem”, “Fountain Grass”, “Mexican Feather Grass”,” Blue Oat Grass”.
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