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Perfume use peaked in England during the reigns of Henry VIII (reigned 1509–1547) and Queen Elizabeth I (reigned 1558–1603). All public places were scented during Queen Elizabeth's rule, since she could not tolerate bad smells. [citation needed] It was said that the sharpness of her nose was equaled only by the slyness of her tongue.
Robert Sylvester Munger (July 24, 1854 – April 20, 1923) and his wife Mary Collett Munger (1857–1924) invented the "system cotton gin". After that achievement, Munger started and ran some of the largest gin manufacturing companies in the United States. He also developed real estate in Dallas, Texas.
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Some 8,000 perfumes were profiled in the 2015 printed edition of Fragrances of the World, accompanied by brand name, date, fragrance family and gender.The online database, updated weekly, archives profiles of over 17,000 perfumes, listing brand name, corporate group, creative director, gender, perfumer, date, country of origin, bottle designer, fragrance family, an image, an olfactory pyramid ...
The Lone Star Brewery, built in 1884, was the first large mechanized brewery in Texas. Adolphus Busch, of Anheuser-Busch, founded it along with a group of San Antonio businessmen. The castle-like building which was once its brewery now houses the San Antonio Museum of Art. Lone Star beer was the company's main brand.
The first fan-operated air freshener product was invented in 1946 and released by the company Surco under the brand Air-Scent in 1948. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In the United States, commercial aerosol sprays were introduced in 1948, [ citation needed ] based on what had been a military technology for dispensing insecticides . [ 10 ]
1974: The lithium-ion battery is invented by M. Stanley Whittingham, and further developed in the 1980s and 1990s by John B. Goodenough, Rachid Yazami and Akira Yoshino. It has impacted modern consumer electronics and electric vehicles. [508] 1974: The Rubik's cube is invented by Ernő Rubik which went on to be the best selling puzzle ever. [509]
Customers who used this service were interviewed on their food, music, and lifestyle tastes and given five fragrances to try. After some time, their favorite fragrance was selected, and five variants were created. After a final period of wearing these, the customer's signature fragrance was refined and bottled and could be ordered on demand.