THIS 2,000-year-old recipe, which includes gladiator's sweat can recreate perfume used by Caesar

Scientists have used a 2,000-year-old recipe to recreate the perfume used by Roman dictator Julius Caesar, thousands of years after his death.

The monarch, who ruled from 46 through 44 BC, is believed to have worn a specific fragrance known as "Telinum". This fragrance was created using a mixture of flowers, fruits, oils and a special ingredient known as 'gladiator sweat'.

Although Egyptians have been credited with the invention of perfume which is used for ritualistic and medicinal purposes, it was refined by the Romans.

The scientists looked into the historical accounts of the perfume and scent used by Caesar before recreating it.

According to the researchers, they took reference from written works to understand the kind of scents which were used in the perfume of Caesar and checked "both ancient writers and works of his close friends."

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The team found that Caesar's perfume was filled with a mix of mint, rose, lemon, bergamot, lavender, jasmine, water lily, violet, oud cedarwood and amber. The last ingredient they added was the weird sweat of gladiators.

The perspiration of men was seen as a thing of high honour as it was filled withblood, dirt, olive oil and exfoliated skin.

The Scent Culture and Tourism Association's (SCTA) research team recreated the gladiators' sweat with the help of patchouli - which is a kind of flowing plant.

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Patchouli carries an earthy, woody, musky scent which is famous for its intoxicatingly rich bouquet and the team said that it is similar to the smell of gladiators.

"What Caesar smelled like, what was in his perfume, where he got his perfume or who made it for him had always been a matter of great curiosity," saidthe team, in a statement.

"According to information provided by both ancient writers and works of his close friends, the contents of his perfumes have been largely determined," they added.

(With inputs from agencies)