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Megallus: The Ancient Perfumer Whose Name Became a Punchline
In the fifth or fourth century before the Common Era, a man named Megallus made a perfume.
Theophrastus and Concerning Odors: The World's First Book About Smell
Around 300 BCE, a man in Athens sat down and wrote the first systematic treatise on the nature of smell. His name was Theophrastus.