perfume

Japanese: perfume
perfume

...(1) is called incense, and includes incense used in Buddhist ceremonies and in the art of incense-smelling, as well as candle fragrances. Perfume and fragrances are called perfumes, the word of which comes from the Latin per-fumum (through smoke, by smoke), and incense is perhaps the oldest method. (2) and (3) are called perfumes, and (2) includes perfume oils and aromatic oils, while (3) includes perfume and eau de cologne. ...

From [Fragrance]

…These burning perfumes, or in other words, burning perfumes, were the main type of perfume used. In English, perfumes in general are called perfumes, which comes from the Latin word fumum, meaning smoke, or to smell through, making it clear that modern perfumes originated from ancient burning perfumes. The aromatic gum resins of plants are much more likely to contain aromatic compounds than, for example, flowers, fruits, seeds, bark, trunks, leaves, branches, and roots (stems). …

*Some of the terms that mention "perfume" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…(1)はインセンスincense(焚香(ふんこう)料)と呼ばれ,仏教の儀式や香道で用いる香,キャンドルフレグランスなどがある。香水や香料をパヒュームperfumeというが,その語源はラテン語のper‐fumum(煙を通して,煙によって)であり,インセンスがいちばん古い方法であるといえよう。(2)と(3)はパヒューム(香粧品香料)と呼ばれ,(2)には香油,香脂など,(3)には香水,オーデコロンなどがある。…

【香料】より

…この火でたく香料,すなわち焚香料が香料使用の主体であった。英語で香料一般をperfumeというが,ラテン語の〈煙fumum〉を〈通じてper〉におうの意味からで,現代の香料の起源が古代の焚香料からであることを明らかにしている。植物の芳香ゴム樹脂は,例えば花,果実,種子,皮,幹,葉,枝,根(茎)などより香気分を含有する率がすこぶる高い。…

※「perfume」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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