The Egyptians were among the first to use cosmetics and perfumes. As early as 10,000 BCE, both men and women used scented oils and ointments to clean and soften the skin (and to mask body odor), and ...

and finally Persia (331-330 BCE), Alexander the Great from Macedonia set his sights on the lands in northern India conquered by Darius I of Persia 200 years earlier. Alexander sent his main army ...