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578 years after the fall of the [[Seleucarian Empire]], [[Merentesh]] who ran the [[Shop of Wonders]] in [[Delos]] offered two styles of bottles which were used to scent letters. The first was a '''tear-shaped perfume bottle''' and the second, an '''agate cologne bottle'''. Both were filled with a scented fragrance which was specifically designed to be sprayed onto letters. | 578 years after the fall of the [[Seleucarian Empire]], [[Merentesh]] who ran the [[Shop of Wonders]] in [[Delos]] offered two styles of bottles which were used to scent letters. The first was a '''tear-shaped perfume bottle''' and the second, an '''agate cologne bottle'''. Both were filled with a scented fragrance which was specifically designed to be sprayed onto letters. | ||
The perfume bottle was made of a bright crystal and was rounded into the shape of a teardrop. The perfume within was a pale blue and was dribbled out through the narrow neck, around which was tied a silver cord. The stopper was a cluster of aquamarine forget-me-nots. | The perfume bottle was made of a bright crystal and was rounded into the shape of a teardrop. The perfume within was a pale blue and was dribbled out through the narrow neck, around which was tied a silver cord. The stopper was shaped like a cluster of aquamarine forget-me-nots, which indicated the scent within. | ||
The cologne bottle, on the other hand, was an emerald green crystal, oval in shape, with striated ridges along its length. Around the middle of the bottle, a clearer quartz band displayed the inner liquid inside, an amber-coloured fluid. A black cord was tied around the lip of the bottle and a squared stopper held its contents | The cologne bottle, on the other hand, was an emerald green crystal, oval in shape, with striated ridges along its length. Around the middle of the bottle, a clearer quartz band displayed the inner liquid inside, an amber-coloured fluid. A black cord was tied around the lip of the bottle and a squared stopper held its contents inside. | ||
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