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-From the sixth to the eleventh centuries western perfumery was maintained mainly by monks who used the scents mainly for medicinal and ceremonial purposes. They used herbs such as sage and lavender.

- Around 1220 the first medical school was opened in Montpellier, France. The area would in the following centuries develop into one of the most important centers of the world in Perfumery. Even today in the nearby fields they grow many herbs and flowers for medicine and perfumery.

- Ever since 200AD the discovery of the distillation of plant oils in Alexandria, chemists has tried to advance in the science of  fragrances.

-In 1320 an Italian family found the solution:

The middle ages and the development of alcohol