June 11, 2023 at 7:00 am - More than 2 years ago A surprisingly well-preserved perfume bottle is providing a rare olfactory window to ancient Rome — and letting in a familiar smell.

The perfume bottle itself contributes to the narrative of exclusivity and luxury. Romans valued quartz vessels as particularly rare and priceless; comparable artifacts were discovered close to ...

Most of us have at least a bottle or two (perhaps more) of perfume around the house. Perhaps we’ve switched scent, or maybe we started using a new bottle before the last one was finished. Rather ...