Perfume was first created to mask the stench of foul....

“ Perfume was first created to mask the stench of foul and offensive odors...Spices and bold flavorings were created to mask the taste of putrid and rotting meat...What then was music created for?Was it to drown out the voices of others, or the voices within ourselves?I think I know. ”

Emilie Autumn

From : The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls