Egyptian Perfume

We already know how to walk like an Egyptian, and soon we’ll know how to smell like one, too.

People who visit Egypt talk about the Pyramids, the Sound and Light Show, the Nile River or the Red Sea. But they are not letting in on a secret – Egypt’s sensuous history still shows through its perfume.

The favorite perfume of powerful Egyptian “she king” Hatshepsut may be resurrected from residue found in a 3,500-year-old perfume bottle, a German research team said in March 2009.


X-ray photographs of the 4.7-inch-tall (12-centimeter-tall) bottle, from the permanent collection of Bonn University’s Egyptian Museum, reveals remnants of the ancient oil. Scientists plan to identify the substance and, possibly within a year, re-create the perfume.

The bottle, which was found in the queen’s possessions after her death in 1457 B.C., is engraved with a hieroglyph (bottom) of her name.

The thin neck “allows a very economical dosing of the valuable content,” according to Michael Höveler-Müller, curator of Bonn University’s Egyptian Museum. A small clay stopper would have kept the oil from spilling.

Treat yourself and Smell like an Egyptian Godess today !