Home Fragrance: a 5000 years history.

Home fragrances such as scented candles or scent diffusers are largely used now in our home. The high demand of these products in the last years make appear home fragrances relatively a new invention but the use of this fantastic products can be date back to 5000 years ago.

The first recorded uses fragrance as ritual to perfume the air was 3000BC in the Acient Egypt by using aromatic resins. However fragrances wasn’t only used for rituals but was very commos use to burn incense in many houses.

Fragrances wasn’t only used in Egypt but acient greek, Roma and China too. Mixture of resins ground plants were mixed with oils and used to treat illness. Hippocrates began prescribing fumigation and the use of scents to prevent diseases during this time. This practise still continue nowdays.

A precursor of the aromatherapy is the Egyptian chemistry Tapputi-Belatekallim. She can considered the first “nose” in the history of fragrances. She was used to distill and filter ingredients to extract scents.

During the centureis the new trades route brought from China and India new spices as well as new wood from the middle-east to the Mediterranean as resut that new fragrances developed during this time.

During the Middle Ages in Europe the demand of prefumed oils used for religous enviroment highly increased but it become commos uses fragrance to perfume bodies as well.

The 11th century Crusades ignited a fragrance renaissance in Medieval Europe when knights returned with bottles of rose water and new techniques to make perfume stolen from the invaded territories .

During the medieval was the norm to carry portable scent to “sterilize” the air around you and ward off inection. In fact, alchol based scent were first popularised in Medieval Italy where a 95% proof heavily scented clear liquid was created from distillation vapours. This water called aqua mirabilus (marvellous water), led to liquid perfumes replacing solid variations and saw Italy become the centre of the perfume industry for centuries.

In the 1800’s the discovery of syinthetic oils make fragrances more affordable and the uses of perfume through the invention of designer as Guerlain and later on Chanel. that tranformed the industry into what we know today.

Home fragrances began slowly popular (despite being invented first) and during mid-20th syntethic air freshner were (and are!) everywhere firstly designed to cover bad odours in houses.

Why Soy Candle? TOP 5 REASONS!

1 _Soy wax is a renewable resource.

If you don't know soy wax is made of soy beans that gronw in many regions by farmer. On the other hand paraffin is the leftover of petroleum refining process, it can release in the atmosphere harmful sostance same as cars does.  Among the paraffinum wax there are different grade of quality but usually is much cheaper then soy wax or bee wax. Ninfe Home uses only soy wax or vegatable wax for our candle.

2_A long lasting candle.

Soy wax candle generally burn up to 40% longer than other candles.  Are you asking why?

Simple, soy wax has a lower melting point wich means the candle burn at low temperature. An example: our Ninfe home candle 200g soy wax candle can burn up to 45 hours. +20 hour of a normal paraffinum candle.

3_Soy Candle Burn Cleaner.

Ninfe Home soy wax produce less (almost none) black soot than other type of wax. This is as prerequisite of ouw natural wax.

4_A Better scent.

Because of the low temperature of a soy wax burning candle the oil fragrance is gradually released. Also, there a bigger amount of liquid in the wax pool wich helps to let the oil evaporate better into the air.

5_Soy Candle are Natural

Since the wax is made of a vegetable oil Ninfe Home candle are not toxic and they produce less soot comparate to a paraffin candle. The soot contain 11 toxins wich 2 of them are toxic for humans and pets. 

Are you really want still burn a paraffin candle?