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The word perfume comes from the Latin phrase, 'per' meaning 'through' and 'fumus' meaning smoke.' The French later gave the name parfum to the pleasant smells that drift through the air from burning incense. The first form of perfume was incense. The Mesopotamians first discovered incense about 4,000 years ago. Ancient cultures burned many kinds of resins, bums and woods at their religious ceremonies. They often soaked the fragrant woods and resins in water and oil, and rubbed their bodies with the liquid. They also embalmed the dead with these perfumes. Since the Egyptians believed that the soul ascended into heaven, relatives saw to it that perfume accompanied the spirit.