NAHA June Webinar: From Banquets to Harem The Daily Use of Beautiful Scents in Ottoman Palace Culture

This one hour webinar will focus on the use of beautiful scents in the Ottoman court from banquets to harem. How did they use 100% pure aromatic oils, curative juices, rich minerals and other natural products to smell heavenly? Which herbs and spices were used in the palace to make incense and fragrance? When, in which rooms, and for what purpose did the inhabitants of the palace burn incense or use natural fragrance? For what purpose did Ottoman physicians use fragrant mixtures and incense in treatment? What were the fragrant plants used in the Hamam culture? How did they perfume their clothes, hair and mouth? Immense yourself in the fragrant riches of a long lost empire.