Dangerous and Amazing Jobs

Squeezing Flowers for Magic Perfumes

The Pharaohs absolutely loved beautiful scents, which led to the job of the Perfume Maker! These workers didn't use chemicals; instead, they gathered thousands of sweet-smelling flowers like the lotus and bright lilies. They would place these flowers inside a massive cloth bag, then two strong workers would twist and squeeze the bag incredibly hard until drops of pure essential oil dripped into a bowl below! They mixed these oils with other ingredients to create the most precious perfumes in the world for kings and queens, making them smell as if they were walking flowers.

If you were a famous perfume maker, what would you name your magical new perfume, and which flowers would you use to make it?

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