Perfumery

Firstly, an artist decided to distill her sweat and tears, quite literally, into a perfume.

I mean, there is always Das Parfum to freak us out about smells, and at least this one comes from the source.

According to Wikipedia "The word perfume is used today to describe scented mixtures and is derived from the Latin word, "per fumus", meaning through smoke."

Hungary Water was the first alcohol-based perfume, allowing us all to suffer through the sprays of torturous mist that envelope the cosmetics counters at malls and other places. 

Sachets and pomanders were used prior to this.

A pomander on the end of a rosary bead